Instruct: Classify a review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: The 2 stars are for the acting ONLY!

For those of us who bothered to read the book, the movie was sub-par, to be polite. The character of Barbara (Judi Dench) is villified beyond need and that of Sheba (Cate Blanchett) somehow manages to get our sympathy. No! This is not the feeling I got from the book! If I have to say something nice, the acting is good.On further reflection: why did they have to make the lesbian tendency SO obvious??? It was a little bit more than a hint in the book but it's FULL blown in the movie. Does the movie watcher HAVE to know EVERYTHING with certainty???