Review: suffers because of its many excesses 
Sentiment: negative

Review: is hard to dismiss -- moody , thoughtful , and lit by flashes of mordant humor . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: of the double-cross that made mamet 's `` house of games '' and last fall 's `` heist '' so much fun 
Sentiment: positive

Review: it manages to maintain both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters that suck the audience in . 
Sentiment: positive


Review: have a story and a script