Review: recovering from its demented premise 
Sentiment: negative

Review: is loopy and ludicrous ... that it could have been a hoot in a bad-movie way if the laborious pacing and endless exposition had been tightened 
Sentiment: negative

Review: a mawkish self-parody that plays like some weird masterpiece theater sketch with neither 
Sentiment: negative

Review: was n't one of the film 's virtues 
Sentiment: negative


Review: the paradiso 's rusted-out ruin and ultimate collapse during the film 's final ( restored ) third ...