Review: has one strike against it 
Sentiment: negative

Review: has a strong dramatic and emotional pull that gradually sneaks up on the audience 
Sentiment: positive

Review: one problem with the movie , directed by joel schumacher , is that it jams too many prefabricated story elements into the running time . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: viewers will need all the luck they can muster just figuring out who 's who in this pretentious mess . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty