Review: a low-budget hybrid 
Sentiment: negative

Review: in a series of relentlessly nasty situations 
Sentiment: negative

Review: as a skillfully assembled , highly polished and professional adaptation ... just about as chilling and unsettling as ` manhunter ' 
Sentiment: positive

Review: you may be galled that you 've wasted nearly two hours of your own precious life with this silly little puddle of a movie . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: drag it down to mediocrity -- director clare peploe 's misunderstanding of marivaux 's rhythms , and mira sorvino 's limitations as a classical actress