Review: their lack of chemistry makes eddie murphy and robert deniro in showtime look like old , familiar vaudeville partners 
Sentiment: negative

Review: hindered by a central plot that 's peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about 
Sentiment: negative

Review: is mostly a lump of run-of-the-mill profanity sprinkled with a few remarks so geared toward engendering audience sympathy that you might think he was running for office -- or trying to win over a probation officer 
Sentiment: negative

Review: with several survivors , whose riveting memories are rendered with such clarity that it 's as if it all happened only yesterday 
Sentiment: positive


Review: arliss howard 's ambitious , moving , and adventurous directorial debut , big bad love , meets so many of the challenges it poses for itself that one can forgive the film its flaws .