Review: delivers a terrific performance in this fascinating portrait of a modern lothario . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: a coming-of-age film that avoids the cartoonish clichés and sneering humor of the genre as it provides a fresh view of an old type -- the uncertain girl on the brink of womanhood 
Sentiment: positive

Review: blushing to gushing -- imamura squirts the screen in ` warm water under a red bridge ' 
Sentiment: positive

Review: move over bond ; this girl deserves a sequel 
Sentiment: positive


Review: ( shyamalan ) turns the goose-pimple genre on its empty head and fills it with spirit , purpose and emotionally bruised characters who add up to more than body count .