Title: Five Hearts! Review: It's always so great to see directors who write (in this case co-write) their own film and star in it as well, especially when they pull it off. You get a real sense of the story when the director is behind the whole vision. One of the greatest aspects of Queen of Hearts was seeing the four love interests being played by the same actor, Jérémie Elkam, who gave such different personalities and awesome performances for each Mathieu, Pierre, Jacques, and Paul. Valérie Donzelli's character, Adèle, is all over the place with love and she plays it with that great type of dramatic post-relationship female energy that is not too far from the truth of the real emotional rollercoaster that life is. She puts the fun French spin on the crazy crashes and attractions between men and women and when the plot's situation gets a bit wild at the end, it was hard not to get a kick out of it. It's romantically entertaining for sure. Is the review positive or negative?
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Title: Lackluster recording Review: The only reason to own this new cast recording is to hear Brian Stokes Mitchell. His glorious voice services the score well. However, he alone can't carry this whole show. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is painful to hear. The heart wrenching dialogue when Don Quixote is dying towards the end is painfully embarrassing to hear. Joan Diener she ain't. Ernie Sabella sounds like every other actor who has ever played Sancho.A big disappointment. The production values are excellent but I recommend you buy something else. Is the review positive or negative?
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Title: Very Disappointing Review: This book was a big disappointment. First of all, there is only one practice test, which was upsetting because that was the main reason I bought the book. In addition, the review part is mostly just a chronological listing of events, which doesn't really help to study because it just encourages skimming. Most importantly, the book is written in condescending language that is very discouraging to a student who is already stressed-out and worried about the exam. It uses phrases like "the answer to this question is obvious because..." and "this is information that you should have already learned..." As a result, this book made me needlessly discouraged before the test. I also used the Barron's SAT II US History book, which was equally as bad. I would discourage people from buying from the Barron's brand at all in the future. Is the review positive or negative?
Negative
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Title: Meh... Review: I thought the story just plodded along and that the characters were one dimensional. I did finish the book hoping it would be redeemed at the end but was disappointed. Is the review positive or negative?
