Review: you can drive right by it without noticing anything special , save for a few comic turns , intended and otherwise . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: directors brett morgen and nanette burstein have put together a bold biographical fantasia . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: the narrator and the other characters try to convince us that acting transfigures esther , but she 's never seen speaking on stage ; one feels cheated , 
Sentiment: negative

Review: failing to compensate for the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations 
Sentiment: negative


Review: but for the most part , the weight of water comes off as a two-way time-switching myopic mystery that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness .