Review: the film never recovers from the clumsy cliché of the ugly american abroad , and the too-frosty exterior ms. paltrow employs to authenticate her british persona is another liability 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the plot is paper-thin and 
Sentiment: negative

Review: populating its hackneyed and meanspirited storyline with cardboard characters and performers who 
Sentiment: negative

Review: by turns gripping , amusing , tender and heart-wrenching , laissez-passer has all the earmarks of french cinema at its best . 
Sentiment: positive


Review: resident evil is n't a product of its cinematic predecessors so much as an mtv , sugar hysteria , and playstation cocktail .