Nowrunning.com rated it 3/5 stating that "a hopeful beginning makes this routine fare an absolute disappointment.

It was a hopeful beginning, but things got harder quickly.

I think this is a very hopeful beginning.

I'm taking matters into my own hands and getting a jump on this season of hopeful beginnings.

It was a modest and hopeful beginning for a village.

It was a hopeful beginning to his 26-hour visit.

Not a particularly hopeful beginning for a battle.

Despite initial hopeful beginnings, Longqing quickly abandoned his royal duties and set about pursuing personal enjoyment.

But the minister said he thought the mayor had made a hopeful beginning at last week's news conference.

His is an oval face with the fuzzy, hopeful beginnings of a beard and doleful eyes that turn intense when he talks politics.