Review: that offers no easy , comfortable resolution 
Sentiment: negative

Review: of critiquing itself at every faltering half-step of its development that criticizing feels more like commiserating 
Sentiment: negative

Review: if oscar had a category called best bad film you thought was going to be really awful but was n't , guys would probably be duking it out with the queen of the damned for the honor . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: halfway mark it takes an abrupt turn into glucose sentimentality and laughable contrivance . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: as punching bags