Review: from a bygone era 
Sentiment: negative

Review: louiso lets the movie dawdle in classic disaffected-indie-film mode , and brother hoffman 's script stumbles over a late-inning twist that just does n't make sense 
Sentiment: negative

Review: do a little fleeing of its own 
Sentiment: negative

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 , and esther seems to remain an unchanged dullard . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: why , you may ask , why should you buy the movie milk when the tv cow is free ?