Review: , especially with the weak payoff 
Sentiment: negative

Review: it 's difficult to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: a skillful filmmaker 
Sentiment: positive

Review: is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas 
Sentiment: negative


Review: bogs down in a surfeit of characters