Review: director carl franklin adds enough flourishes and freak-outs to make it entertaining 
Sentiment: positive

Review: cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory 
Sentiment: negative

Review: rediscovers his passion in life 
Sentiment: positive

Review: a genial romance that maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout , notwithstanding some of the writers ' sporadic dips into pop freudianism 
Sentiment: positive


Review: a preposterous , prurient whodunit