Review: been a hoot in a bad-movie way if the laborious pacing and endless exposition had been tightened 
Sentiment: negative

Review: until the film is well under way -- and yet it 's hard to stop watching 
Sentiment: positive

Review: acts that no amount of earnest textbook psychologizing can bridge . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: contrived and exploitative for the art houses and too cynical , small and decadent for the malls . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: suffers because it does n't have enough vices to merit its 103-minute length