Review: does n't try to surprise us with plot twists 
Sentiment: positive

Review: that place , that time 
Sentiment: positive

Review: the story itself is actually quite vapid . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: conjures the past via surrealist flourishes so overwrought you 'd swear he just stepped out of a buñuel retrospective . 
Sentiment: positive


Review: louiso lets the movie dawdle in classic disaffected-indie-film mode , and brother hoffman 's script stumbles over a late-inning twist that just does n't make sense .