Review: dip into your wallet , swipe 90 minutes of your time , and offer you precisely this in recompense : a few early laughs scattered around a plot as thin as it is repetitious 
Sentiment: negative

Review: is the first film in a long time that made me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: yet fail to capture its visual appeal or its atmosphere 
Sentiment: negative

Review: trappings ( especially the frank sex scenes ) ensure that the film is never dull 
Sentiment: positive


Review: it 's ... worth the extra effort to see an artist , still committed to growth in his ninth decade , change while remaining true to his principles with a film whose very subject is , quite pointedly , about the peril of such efforts .