Review: a knockout 
Sentiment: positive

Review: dramatized 
Sentiment: positive

Review: is terrific , although the actors must struggle with the fact that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: jaded 
Sentiment: negative


Review: is so prolonged and boring it is n't even close to being the barn-burningly bad movie it promised it would be .