Review: odd drama 
Sentiment: negative

Review: when commercialism has squeezed the life out of whatever idealism american moviemaking ever had 
Sentiment: negative

Review: give shapiro , goldman , and bolado credit for good intentions , but there 's nothing here that they could n't have done in half an hour . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the narrator and the other characters try to convince us that acting transfigures esther , but she 's never seen speaking on stage 
Sentiment: negative


Review: a main character who sometimes defies sympathy