Review: too stagey , talky -- and long -- for its own good . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the rules of attraction gets us too drunk on the party favors to sober us up with the transparent attempts at moralizing . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the highest and the performances 
Sentiment: positive

Review: tonally uneven 
Sentiment: negative


Review: the lack of naturalness makes everything seem self-consciously poetic and forced ... it 's a pity that ( nelson 's ) achievement does n't match his ambition