Review: would that greengrass had gone a tad less for grit and a lot more for intelligibility . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: be depressing , as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance 
Sentiment: negative

Review: is so formulaic and forgettable that it 's hardly over before it begins to fade from memory 
Sentiment: negative

Review: genuine acting 
Sentiment: positive


Review: saves this deeply affecting film from being merely