Review: no real point 
Sentiment: negative

Review: from any cinematic razzle-dazzle but from its recovery of an historical episode that , in the simple telling , proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting 
Sentiment: positive

Review: sade achieves the near-impossible : it turns the marquis de sade into a dullard . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: ... a cheap , ludicrous attempt at serious horror . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: there 's something auspicious , and daring , too , about the artistic instinct that pushes a majority-oriented director like steven spielberg to follow a.i. with this challenging report so liable to unnerve the majority .