Review: laugh-free lecture 
Sentiment: negative

Review: humorless , self-conscious art drivel , 
Sentiment: negative

Review: emotionally devastating 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the acting is just fine , 
Sentiment: positive


Review: high crimes carries almost no organic intrigue as a government / marine/legal mystery , and that 's because the movie serves up all of that stuff , nearly subliminally , as the old-hat province of male intrigue .