Review: is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill , didactic cartoon 
Sentiment: negative

Review: to see who can out-bad-act the other 
Sentiment: negative

Review: uses the last act to reel in the audience 
Sentiment: positive

Review: is sickly entertainment at best and mind-destroying cinematic pollution at worst . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: 's no point in extracting the bare bones of byatt 's plot for purposes of bland hollywood romance