Review: movies like high crimes flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: loosely-connected string 
Sentiment: negative

Review: than the very sluggish pace 
Sentiment: negative

Review: is ... determined to treat its characters , weak and strong , as fallible human beings , not caricatures , and to carefully delineate the cost of the inevitable conflicts between human urges and an institution concerned with self-preservation 
Sentiment: positive


Review: its recycled aspects