Review: after that it becomes long and tedious like a classroom play in a college history course . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: one of those decades-spanning historical epics that strives to be intimate and socially encompassing but fails to do justice to either effort in three hours of screen time . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: she loves them to pieces 
Sentiment: positive

Review: a sleep-inducingly slow-paced crime drama with clumsy dialogue , heavy-handed phoney-feeling sentiment , and an overly-familiar set of plot devices 
Sentiment: negative


Review: engaging and intimate first feature