Review: unimaginative and derivative 
Sentiment: negative

Review: you 're convinced that this mean machine was a decent tv outing that just does n't have big screen magic . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: producer john penotti 
Sentiment: positive

Review: a grating , emaciated flick . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: while the story is better-focused than the incomprehensible anne rice novel it 's based upon , queen of the damned is a pointless , meandering celebration of the goth-vampire , tortured woe-is-me lifestyle .