Review: so muddled , repetitive and ragged that it says far less about the horrifying historical reality than about the filmmaker 's characteristic style 
Sentiment: negative

Review: created a monster but did n't know how to handle it . 
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 
Sentiment: positive

Review: would 've worked a lot better had it been a short film . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure .