Review: overcome blah characters 
Sentiment: positive

Review: of nostalgic comments from the now middle-aged participants 
Sentiment: positive

Review: a remarkable film that explores the monster 's psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted 
Sentiment: positive

Review: half-baked setups 
Sentiment: negative


Review: due to stodgy , soap opera-ish dialogue , the rest of the cast comes across as stick figures reading lines from a teleprompter .