Review: consistently intelligent 
Sentiment: positive

Review: how it washed out despite all of that is the project 's prime mystery . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the direction , by george hickenlooper , has no snap to it , no wiseacre crackle or hard-bitten cynicism . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: because the consciously dumbed-down approach wears thin 
Sentiment: negative


Review: is often preachy