Review: the mystery of enigma is how a rich historical subject , combined with so much first-rate talent ... could have yielded such a flat , plodding picture . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: pretentious , fascinating , ludicrous , provocative and vainglorious 
Sentiment: negative

Review: these self-styled athletes have banged their brains into the ground so frequently and furiously , their capacity to explain themselves has gone the same way as their natural instinct for self-preservation 
Sentiment: negative

Review: narrative arc 
Sentiment: positive


Review: itself virtually collapses into an inhalant blackout , maintaining consciousness just long enough to achieve callow pretension