Review: a tired , talky feel 
Sentiment: negative

Review: cover up the fact that the picture is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas 
Sentiment: negative

Review: be any flatter 
Sentiment: negative

Review: this is the kind of subject matter that could so easily have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker , but ayres makes the right choices at every turn . 
Sentiment: positive


Review: its brain is a little scattered -- ditsy , even .