Review: far too polite to scale the lunatic heights of joe dante 's similarly styled gremlins 
Sentiment: positive

Review: inconsequential road-and-buddy pic 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the irwins ' scenes are fascinating ; the movie as a whole is cheap junk and an insult to their death-defying efforts 
Sentiment: negative

Review: all movie long , city by the sea swings from one approach to the other , but in the end , it stays in formula -- which is a waste of de niro , mcdormand and the other good actors in the cast . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: amounts to little more than punishment