Review: turned out nearly 21/2 hours of unfocused , excruciatingly tedious cinema 
Sentiment: negative

Review: keeps dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions 
Sentiment: positive

Review: made by people to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept 
Sentiment: negative

Review: permitting its characters more than two obvious dimensions and repeatedly placing them in contrived , well-worn situations 
Sentiment: negative


Review: a bad sign when you 're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over