Review: touching melodrama 
Sentiment: positive

Review: that is dark 
Sentiment: negative

Review: one of those decades-spanning historical epics that strives to be intimate and socially encompassing but fails to do justice to either effort in three hours of screen time . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: mined his personal horrors and 
Sentiment: negative


Review: has a knack for casting , often resurrecting performers who rarely work in movies now ... and drawing flavorful performances from bland actors