Review: safe as to often play like a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big screen 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the attempt to build up a pressure cooker of horrified awe emerges from the simple fact that the movie has virtually nothing to show . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: slow and ponderous , 
Sentiment: negative

Review: an artist , one whose view of america , history and the awkwardness of human life is generous and deep 
Sentiment: positive


Review: filmmaking without the balm of right-thinking ideology , either liberal or conservative