Review: throws in enough clever and unexpected twists to make the formula feel fresh . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: evokes the 19th century with a subtlety that is an object lesson in period filmmaking . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: desire to the cheap , graceless , hackneyed sci-fi serials of the '30s and '40s 
Sentiment: negative

Review: of gags that rely on the strength of their own cleverness 
Sentiment: positive


Review: it has its moments of swaggering camaraderie , but more often just feels generic , derivative and done to death .