Review: miserable 
Sentiment: negative

Review: to be a monster movie for the art-house crowd 
Sentiment: positive

Review: 's ... worth the extra effort to see an artist , still committed to growth in his ninth decade , change while remaining true to his principles with a film whose very subject is , quite pointedly , about the peril of such efforts 
Sentiment: positive

Review: one of the most appealing movies ever made about an otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject -- a teenage boy in love with his stepmother 
Sentiment: positive


Review: one of the best-sustained ideas i have ever seen on the screen