Review: the production has been made with an enormous amount of affection 
Sentiment: positive

Review: brought down by lousy direction . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: is as often imaginative as it is gory 
Sentiment: positive

Review: the irony is that this film 's cast is uniformly superb ; their performances could have -- should have -- been allowed to stand on their own . 
Sentiment: positive


Review: is surely