Review: remains a ponderous and pretentious endeavor that 's unfocused and tediously exasperating 
Sentiment: negative

Review: howard and his co-stars all give committed performances , but they 're often undone by howard 's self-conscious attempts to find a ` literary ' filmmaking style to match his subject 
Sentiment: negative

Review: that feels as though it 's trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years 
Sentiment: negative

Review: charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching ( or turntablism ) in particular 
Sentiment: positive


Review: they fall to pieces