Review: , uncouth , incomprehensible , vicious and absurd 
Sentiment: negative

Review: is how a rich historical subject , combined with so much first-rate talent ... could have yielded such a flat , plodding picture . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: tension , eloquence , spiritual challenge -- things that have made the original new testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries 
Sentiment: positive

Review: for a sketchy work-in-progress that was inexplicably rushed to the megaplexes before its time 
Sentiment: negative


Review: bad .