Review: feels as flat as the scruffy sands of its titular community 
Sentiment: negative

Review: attempts to be grandiloquent , but ends up merely pretentious -- in a grisly sort of way 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics 
Sentiment: negative

Review: there 's no point of view , no contemporary interpretation of joan 's prefeminist plight , so we 're left thinking the only reason to make the movie is because present standards allow for plenty of nudity . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: find a scathing portrayal of a powerful entity strangling the life out of the people who want to believe in it the most