Review: a clever script and skilled actors bring new energy to the familiar topic of office politics . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: hindered by a central plot that 's peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about 
Sentiment: negative

Review: love liza 's 
Sentiment: positive

Review: with several survivors , whose riveting memories are rendered with such clarity that it 's as if it all happened only yesterday 
Sentiment: positive


Review: arliss howard 's ambitious , moving , and adventurous directorial debut , big bad love , meets so many of the challenges it poses for itself that one can forgive the film its flaws .