Review: it slow , predictable and not very amusing 
Sentiment: negative

Review: so sketchy it amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film 
Sentiment: negative

Review: morrissette has performed a difficult task indeed - he 's taken one of the world 's most fascinating stories and made it dull , lifeless , and irritating 
Sentiment: negative

Review: serves up all of that stuff , nearly subliminally , 
Sentiment: positive


Review: that hitchens ' obsession with kissinger is , at bottom , a sophisticated flower child 's desire to purge the world of the tooth and claw of human power