Review: under-rehearsed and lifeless 
Sentiment: negative

Review: that he tosses a kitchen sink onto a story already overladen with plot conceits 
Sentiment: negative

Review: it sticks rigidly to the paradigm , rarely permitting its characters more than two obvious dimensions and repeatedly placing them in contrived , well-worn situations . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: enlivens this film 
Sentiment: positive


Review: the war movie compendium across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length