Review: the picture realizes a fullness that does not negate the subject . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: by numbers , and as easy to be bored by as your abc 's , 
Sentiment: negative

Review: cacoyannis ' vision is far less mature , interpreting the play as a call for pity and sympathy for anachronistic phantasms haunting the imagined glory of their own pasts . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: mainstream audiences will find little of interest in this film , which is often preachy and poorly acted . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: are simultaneously buried , drowned and smothered in the excesses of writer-director roger avary