Review: to lend some dignity to a dumb story 
Sentiment: negative

Review: paced at a speed that is slow to those of us in middle age and deathly slow to any teen 
Sentiment: negative

Review: of the plot and a powerfully evocative mood combining heated sexuality with a haunting sense of malaise 
Sentiment: positive

Review: tykwer 's surface flash is n't just a poor fit with kieslowski 's lyrical pessimism ; 
Sentiment: negative


Review: 'm not sure which is worse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by vincent r. nebrida or the gutless direction by laurice guillen