Review: clever and unflinching 
Sentiment: positive

Review: is one adapted - from-television movie that actually looks as if it belongs on the big screen . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: self-promotion ends and 
Sentiment: positive

Review: may lack the pungent bite of its title , 
Sentiment: negative


Review: for all its technical virtuosity , the film is so mired in juvenile and near-xenophobic pedagogy that it 's enough to make one pine for the day when godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking .