Review: the muckraking , soul-searching spirit 
Sentiment: positive

Review: their lack 
Sentiment: negative

Review: that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans 
Sentiment: negative

Review: some of the characters die and others do n't , and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson , and , really , nobody in the viewing audience cares 
Sentiment: negative


Review: real-life basis is , in fact , so interesting that no embellishment is