Review: , but slow 
Sentiment: negative

Review: is a slapdash mess 
Sentiment: negative

Review: even the corniest and most hackneyed contrivances 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the film is an earnest try at beachcombing verismo , but it would be even more indistinct than it is were it not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of ms. ambrose 
Sentiment: positive


Review: , trouble every day is a plodding mess .