Review: one of those decades-spanning historical epics that strives to be intimate and socially encompassing but fails to do justice to either effort in three hours of screen time 
Sentiment: negative

Review: there 's a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed : mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up ; when the explosions start , they fall to pieces 
Sentiment: negative

Review: , combined with so much first-rate talent ... could have yielded such a flat , plodding picture 
Sentiment: negative

Review: insight and humor 
Sentiment: positive


Review: will enthrall the whole family