Review: turned out nearly 21/2 hours of unfocused , excruciatingly tedious cinema 
Sentiment: negative

Review: keeps dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions 
Sentiment: positive

Review: stirs us 
Sentiment: positive

Review: a photographic marvel 
Sentiment: positive


Review: a bad sign when you 're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over