Review: as funny nor as charming as it thinks it is 
Sentiment: negative

Review: writer-director stephen gaghan has made the near-fatal mistake of being what the english call ` too clever by half . ' 
Sentiment: negative

Review: enough to provide the pleasures of a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - broadway play 
Sentiment: positive

Review: jacobi , the most fluent of actors , is given relatively dry material from nijinsky 's writings to perform , and the visuals , even erotically frank ones , become dullingly repetitive 
Sentiment: negative


Review: director paul cox 's unorthodox , abstract approach to visualizing nijinsky 's diaries is both stimulating and demanding .