Review: overwhelmed by its lack of purpose 
Sentiment: negative

Review: is nothing but a convenient conveyor belt of brooding personalities that parade about as if they were coming back from stock character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination 
Sentiment: negative

Review: you 've already seen city by the sea under a variety of titles 
Sentiment: negative

Review: collapses like an overcooked soufflé 
Sentiment: negative


Review: begins to seem as long as the two year affair which is its subject