Review: works - mostly due to its superior cast of characters 
Sentiment: positive

Review: to enjoy yourselves without feeling conned 
Sentiment: positive

Review: because its flabbergasting principals , 14-year-old robert macnaughton , 6-year-old drew barrymore and 10-year-old henry thomas , convince us of the existence of the wise , wizened visitor from a faraway planet 
Sentiment: positive

Review: offer audiences any way of gripping what its point is , or even its attitude toward its subject 
Sentiment: negative


Review: , in praise of love lacks even the most fragmented charms i have found in almost all of his previous works .