Review: except maybe for the last 15 minutes , which are as maudlin as any after-school special you can imagine 
Sentiment: negative

Review: family togetherness takes a back seat to inter-family rivalry and workplace ambition ... whole subplots have no explanation or even plot relevance . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: viewers of barney 's crushingly self-indulgent spectacle 
Sentiment: negative

Review: should have been made for the tube 
Sentiment: negative


Review: of brooding personalities that parade about as if they were coming back from stock character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination