Review: joyless , idiotic , annoying , heavy-handed , visually atrocious , and often downright creepy 
Sentiment: negative

Review: that takes its sweet time building to a climax that 's scarcely a surprise by the time 
Sentiment: negative

Review: has a great cast and a great idea 
Sentiment: positive

Review: of impossible disappearing/reappearing acts 
Sentiment: negative


Review: whether these ambitions , laudable in themselves , justify a theatrical simulation of the death camp of auschwitz ii-birkenau