Review: , eastwood is off his game 
Sentiment: negative

Review: begging for attention , giving audiences no reason to truly care for its decrepit freaks beyond the promise of a reprieve from their incessant whining 
Sentiment: negative

Review: a nightmare about bad cinema 
Sentiment: negative

Review: otherwise bleak 
Sentiment: negative


Review: an interesting story with a pertinent ( cinematically unique ) message , told fairly well and scored to perfection , i found myself struggling to put my finger on that elusive `` missing thing . ''