Review: a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story 
Sentiment: negative

Review: in practice it 's something else altogether -- clownish and offensive and nothing at all like real life 
Sentiment: negative

Review: slip into hokum 
Sentiment: negative

Review: has the twinkling eyes , repressed smile and determined face needed to carry out a dickensian hero 
Sentiment: positive


Review: 's so tedious that it makes you forgive every fake , dishonest , entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment in bridget jones 's diary