Review: none of this is meaningful or memorable , but frosting is n't , either 
Sentiment: negative

Review: an incredibly heavy-handed , manipulative dud that feels all too familiar 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the cheap , graceless , hackneyed sci-fi serials of the '30s and '40s 
Sentiment: negative

Review: about the filmmaker 's characteristic style 
Sentiment: positive


Review: constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas