Review: the story 's pathetic and 
Sentiment: negative

Review: low , very low 
Sentiment: negative

Review: might survive a screening with little harm done , except maybe for the last 15 minutes , which are as maudlin as any after-school special you can imagine 
Sentiment: positive

Review: it 's too harsh to work as a piece of storytelling 
Sentiment: negative


Review: moving in many directions as it searches ( vainly , i think ) for something fresh to say