Review: strikes a tone that 's alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny 
Sentiment: positive

Review: made no such thing 
Sentiment: negative

Review: there 's an admirable rigor to jimmy 's relentless anger , and to the script 's refusal of a happy ending , but as those monologues stretch on and on , you realize there 's no place for this story to go but down 
Sentiment: negative

Review: object to the idea of a vietnam picture 
Sentiment: negative


Review: put off by the film 's austerity