Review: reeked of a been-there , done-that sameness 
Sentiment: negative

Review: recognize that there are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile 
Sentiment: positive

Review: these people mattered 
Sentiment: positive

Review: intelligent , multi-layered and profoundly humanist ( not to mention gently political ) meditation 
Sentiment: positive


Review: sometimes seems less like storytelling than something the otherwise compelling director needed to get off his chest .