Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Ultimately disappointing

This film had a lot of potential--interesting premise, compelling characters and a strong cast--but something keeps it from gelling into a satisfying story. There's a flatness to the film that is probably the fault of the director. The above-average cast, that includes the wonderful Bonnie Hunt, Michael Learned and several other very likable young actors, seems squandered somehow by a lackluster dialogue and unrelenting low key tone. The redemption that this viewer wanted to see emerge from the script at the conclusion didn't quite make it. A pity as, despite the film's continuing weaknesses, I wanted more than melancholy for its lead characters.