Review: it 's a fantastic movie 
Sentiment: positive

Review: dramatically forceful , and beautifully shot 
Sentiment: positive

Review: visual clarity and deeply 
Sentiment: positive

Review: often awkwardly directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story 
Sentiment: negative


Review: , ash wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot .