Review: the film does n't sustain its initial promise with a jarring , new-agey tone creeping into the second half 
Sentiment: negative

Review: makes a better short story than it does a film 
Sentiment: negative

Review: 's coherent , well shot , and tartly acted 
Sentiment: positive

Review: is so sketchy it amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film 
Sentiment: negative


Review: cinematic intoxication , a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama , tastelessness and swooning elegance