Review: of filmmaking , the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy 
Sentiment: negative

Review: inventive director 
Sentiment: positive

Review: uniformly superb 
Sentiment: positive

Review: astonishing is n't the word -- 
Sentiment: positive


Review: one of recent memory 's most thoughtful films about art , ethics , and the cost of moral compromise .