Review: the innate theatrics that provide its thrills and extreme emotions lose their luster when flattened onscreen . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: picture that at the very least has a spark of life to it -- more than you can say for plenty of movies that flow through the hollywood pipeline without a hitch . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: elbowed aside 
Sentiment: negative

Review: otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject 
Sentiment: negative


Review: directions and descends into such message-mongering moralism that its good qualities are obscured .