Review: 's crap on a leash -- far too polite to scale the lunatic heights of joe dante 's similarly styled gremlins . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: a sad , sordid universe 
Sentiment: negative

Review: thanks to great performances 
Sentiment: positive

Review: is a movie so insecure about its capacity to excite that it churns up not one but two flagrantly fake thunderstorms to underscore the action . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: 's a lousy one at that .