Review: its characters , about whose fate it is hard to care 
Sentiment: negative

Review: dreadfully short 
Sentiment: negative

Review: city by the sea swings from one approach to the other , but in the end , it stays in formula -- which is a waste of de niro , mcdormand and the other good actors in the cast . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: oscar-sweeping 
Sentiment: positive


Review: , this could be a passable date film .