Review: an oddity , to be sure , but one that you might wind up remembering with a degree of affection rather than revulsion 
Sentiment: positive

Review: someone understands the need for the bad boy 
Sentiment: positive

Review: that deserves more than a passing twinkle 
Sentiment: positive

Review: a leash -- far too polite to scale the lunatic heights of joe dante 's similarly styled gremlins 
Sentiment: negative


Review: ca n't begin to tell you how tedious , how resolutely unamusing , how thoroughly unrewarding all of this is , and what a reckless squandering of four fine acting talents ...