Review: comes to resemble the kind of soft-core twaddle you 'd expect to see on showtime 's ` red shoe diaries . ' 
Sentiment: negative

Review: if you 're content with a clever pseudo-bio that manages to have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life , eisenstein delivers . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: of the storytelling , which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title 
Sentiment: negative

Review: become apparent that the franchise 's best years are long past 
Sentiment: negative


Review: a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur