Review: comedically labored 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the film is weighed down by supporting characters who are either too goodly , wise and knowing or downright comically evil . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: , in the history of the academy , people may be wondering what all that jazz was about `` chicago '' in 2002 . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today 
Sentiment: positive


Review: a thoroughly awful movie -- dumb , narratively chaotic , visually sloppy ... a weird amalgam of ` the thing ' and a geriatric