Review: a host of splendid performances 
Sentiment: positive

Review: the acting is amateurish , the cinematography is atrocious , the direction is clumsy , 
Sentiment: negative

Review: human comedy 
Sentiment: positive

Review: mainly because blanchett and ribisi compellingly tap into a spiritual aspect of their characters ' suffering 
Sentiment: positive


Review: ` matrix ' - style massacres erupt throughout ... but the movie has a tougher time balancing its violence with kafka-inspired philosophy .