Review: copout 
Sentiment: negative

Review: it 's crap on a leash -- far too polite to scale the lunatic heights of joe dante 's similarly styled gremlins . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: with pitifully few real laughs 
Sentiment: negative

Review: may be more genial than ingenious , but it gets the job done 
Sentiment: positive


Review: look as if it were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar