Review: it is bad , but certainly not without merit as entertainment . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the acting is amateurish , the cinematography is atrocious , the direction is clumsy , the writing is insipid and the violence is at once luridly graphic and laughably unconvincing 
Sentiment: negative

Review: , tavernier 's film bounds along with the rat-a-tat energy of `` his girl friday , '' maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: would choose the cliff-notes over reading a full-length classic 
Sentiment: negative


Review: so much passion