Review: the filmmakers could dredge up 
Sentiment: negative

Review: instead of hitting the audience over the head with a moral , schrader relies on subtle ironies and visual devices to convey point of view . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: too polite to scale the lunatic heights of joe dante 's similarly styled gremlins 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the tale -- like its central figure , vivi -- is just a little bit hard to love . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: here lacks considerable brio .