Review: be as simultaneously funny , offbeat and heartwarming ( without a thick shmear of the goo , at least ) 
Sentiment: positive

Review: cut through the layers of soap-opera emotion and you find a scathing portrayal of a powerful entity strangling the life out of the people who want to believe in it the most . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: costner 's warm-milk persona is just as ill-fitting as shadyac 's perfunctory directing chops , and some of the more overtly silly dialogue would sink laurence olivier . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: if you 're down for a silly hack-and-slash flick , you can do no wrong with jason x. 
Sentiment: positive


Review: offers no easy , comfortable resolution