Review: the film starts promisingly , but 
Sentiment: negative

Review: and adults will at least have a dream image of the west to savor whenever the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: a positively thrilling combination of ethnography and all the intrigue , betrayal , deceit and murder of a shakespearean tragedy or a juicy soap opera . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: are simultaneously buried , drowned and smothered in the excesses of writer-director roger avary . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: the acting is amateurish ,