Review: windtalkers airs just about every cliche in the war movie compendium across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the only fun part of the movie 
Sentiment: negative

Review: and pulp melodrama 
Sentiment: negative

Review: ca n't generate enough heat in this cold vacuum of a comedy to start a reaction . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: at once subtle and visceral , the film never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful , offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future .