Review: the director of such hollywood blockbusters as patriot games can still turn out a small , personal film with an emotional wallop 
Sentiment: positive

Review: by surrounding us with hyper-artificiality , haynes makes us see familiar issues , like racism and homophobia , in a fresh way . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: a movie in which laughter and self-exploitation merge into jolly soft-porn 'em powerment . ' 
Sentiment: positive

Review: how this one escaped the lifetime network i 'll never know . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: a science-fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there would be precious little left .