Review: earns the right to be favorably compared to das boot . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: the film is visually dazzling , the depicted events dramatic , funny and poignant . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: is refreshingly undogmatic about its characters . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: to a climax that 's scarcely a surprise by the time 
Sentiment: negative


Review: suggest that the wayward wooden one end it all by stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener