Review: feels like the work of an artist who is simply tired -- of fighting the same fights , of putting the weight of the world on his shoulders , of playing with narrative form . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: lack of spontaneity in its execution and a dearth of real poignancy 
Sentiment: negative

Review: an imponderably stilted and self-consciously arty movie . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: loses its overall sense of mystery and becomes a tv episode rather than a documentary that you actually buy into . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: has a bracing truth that 's refreshing after the phoniness of female-bonding pictures like divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood .