Review: it looks like an action movie , but it 's so poorly made , on all levels , that it does n't even qualify as a spoof of such 
Sentiment: negative

Review: is plainly dull and visually ugly 
Sentiment: negative

Review: scherfig , the writer-director 
Sentiment: positive

Review: has squeezed the life out of whatever idealism american moviemaking ever had 
Sentiment: negative


Review: if you can swallow its absurdities and crudities lagaan really is enormously good fun .