Review: there 's a clarity of purpose and even-handedness to the film 's direction 
Sentiment: positive

Review: weighs no more than a glass of flat champagne . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: contrived and secondhand 
Sentiment: negative

Review: , herzog simply runs out of ideas and the pace turns positively leaden as the movie sputters to its inevitable tragic conclusion . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: a stale copy of a picture that was n't all that great to begin with