Review: ( davis ) wants to cause his audience an epiphany , yet he refuses to give us real situations and characters . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: ( caine ) proves once again he has n't lost his touch , bringing off a superb performance in an admittedly middling film . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: 's ... worth the extra effort to see an artist , still committed to growth in his ninth decade , change while remaining true to his principles with a film whose very subject is , quite pointedly , about the peril of such efforts 
Sentiment: positive

Review: retelling a historically significant , and personal , episode 
Sentiment: positive


Review: a mimetic approximation of better films