Review: diesel is n't the actor to save it . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: rooted in a sincere performance 
Sentiment: positive

Review: , combined with so much first-rate talent ... could have yielded such a flat , plodding picture 
Sentiment: negative

Review: is a frustrating patchwork : an uneasy marriage of louis begley 's source novel ( about schmidt ) and an old payne screenplay 
Sentiment: negative


Review: represents adam sandler 's latest attempt to dumb down the universe