Review: suffers from a paunchy midsection , several plodding action sequences and a wickedly undramatic central theme . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the absurdity 
Sentiment: negative

Review: piercingly affecting ... while clearly a manipulative film , emerges as powerful rather than cloying 
Sentiment: positive

Review: schneidermeister ... makin ' a fool of himself ... 
Sentiment: negative


Review: , an art form at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty -- and as emotionally grand as life .