Review: hyper-realistic 
Sentiment: positive

Review: to be a monster movie for the art-house crowd 
Sentiment: positive

Review: 's ... worth the extra effort to see an artist , still committed to growth in his ninth decade , change while remaining true to his principles with a film whose very subject is , quite pointedly , about the peril of such efforts 
Sentiment: positive

Review: so sketchy it amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film 
Sentiment: negative


Review: one of the best-sustained ideas i have ever seen on the screen