Review: nearly every cliché 
Sentiment: negative

Review: city by the sea swings from one approach to the other , but in the end , it stays in formula -- which is a waste of de niro , mcdormand and the other good actors in the cast . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: lends itself to easy jokes and insults 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the filmmakers could dredge up 
Sentiment: negative


Review: but it could have been worse .