Review: the choppy editing to the annoying score to ` special effects ' by way of replacing objects in a character 's hands below the camera line 
Sentiment: negative

Review: is terrific , 
Sentiment: positive

Review: because its flabbergasting principals , 14-year-old robert macnaughton , 6-year-old drew barrymore and 10-year-old henry thomas , convince us of the existence of the wise , wizened visitor from a faraway planet 
Sentiment: positive

Review: a remarkable movie 
Sentiment: positive


Review: , with increasingly amused irony , the relationship between reluctant captors and befuddled captives .