Review: have come to term an `` ambitious failure 
Sentiment: negative

Review: it 's both sitcomishly predictable and cloying in its attempts to be poignant . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: a smart , provocative drama that does the nearly impossible : it gets under the skin of a man we only know as an evil , monstrous lunatic . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: the insinuation of mediocre acting or 
Sentiment: negative


Review: the sheer dumbness of the plot ( other than its one good idea ) and the movie 's inescapable air of sleaziness