Review: an uninspired philosophical epiphany 
Sentiment: negative

Review: quirky characters and an engaging story 
Sentiment: positive

Review: offers some flashy twists and turns that occasionally fortify this turgid fable 
Sentiment: positive

Review: a frightful vanity film that , no doubt , pays off what debt miramax felt they owed to benigni 
Sentiment: positive


Review: chabrol has taken promising material for a black comedy and turned it instead into a somber chamber drama .