Review: are presented in such a lousy way , complete with some of the year 's ( unintentionally ) funniest moments , that it 's impossible to care 
Sentiment: negative

Review: arrived for an incongruous summer playoff , demonstrating yet again that the era of the intelligent , well-made b movie is long gone 
Sentiment: negative

Review: succeeds with its dark , delicate treatment of these characters and its unerring respect for them . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: the narrator and the other characters try to convince us that acting transfigures esther , but 
Sentiment: negative


Review: a film that is part biography , part entertainment and part history