Review: are too many bona fide groaners among too few laughs 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the movie 's major and most devastating flaw is its reliance on formula , though , and it 's quite enough to lessen the overall impact the movie could have had . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: with more character development this might have been an eerie thriller ; with better payoffs , it could have been a thinking man 's monster movie 
Sentiment: negative

Review: to the overcooked , ham-fisted direction , which has all the actors reaching for the back row 
Sentiment: negative


Review: solid filmmaking