Review: tries too hard to be funny in a way that 's too loud , too goofy and too short of an attention span . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: comes off like a bad imitation of the bard . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: director alfonso cuaron gets vivid , convincing performances from a fine cast , and generally keeps things going at a rapid pace , occasionally using an omniscient voice-over narrator in the manner of french new wave films . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: has about 25 minutes of decent material 
Sentiment: negative


Review: for almost the first two-thirds of martin scorsese 's 168-minute gangs of new york