Review: a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama 
Sentiment: positive

Review: it 's a ripper of a yarn 
Sentiment: positive

Review: like many such biographical melodramas , it suffers from the awkwardness that results from adhering to the messiness of true stories . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: have a sense of humor 
Sentiment: positive


Review: the ` ick ' in ` classic