Review: make watching such a graphic treatment of the crimes bearable 
Sentiment: positive

Review: comes not from any cinematic razzle-dazzle but from its recovery of an historical episode that , in the simple telling , proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: humorless 
Sentiment: negative

Review: clever enough 
Sentiment: positive


Review: takes every potential laugh and stiletto-stomps the life out of it