Review: compelling , gut-clutching piece 
Sentiment: positive

Review: is as deep as a petri dish and as well-characterized as a telephone book but still 
Sentiment: negative

Review: mundane '70s 
Sentiment: negative

Review: although purportedly a study in modern alienation , it 's really little more than a particularly slanted , gay s/m fantasy , enervating and deadeningly drawn-out . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: succumbs to cliches and pat storytelling