Review: thoroughly enjoyable 
Sentiment: positive

Review: tear their eyes away 
Sentiment: positive

Review: invitingly upbeat 
Sentiment: positive

Review: , poignant and leavened 
Sentiment: positive


Review: to those who have not read the book , the film is a much better mother-daughter tale than last summer 's ` divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood , ' but that 's not saying much .