Review: i liked the original short story but this movie , even at an hour and twenty-some minutes , it 's too long and it goes nowhere . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: confuses its message with an ultimate desire to please , and contorting itself into an idea of expectation 
Sentiment: negative

Review: an intelligent , multi-layered and profoundly humanist ( not to mention gently political ) meditation 
Sentiment: positive

Review: it 's still a comic book , 
Sentiment: negative


Review: from its nauseating spinning credits sequence to a very talented but underutilized supporting cast , bartleby squanders as much as it gives out .