Review: ultimately tragic 
Sentiment: negative

Review: very capable 
Sentiment: positive

Review: the tiresome rant of an aging filmmaker still thumbing his nose at convention 
Sentiment: negative

Review: , sketchy characters and immature provocations can fully succeed at cheapening it . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: seems terrified of the book 's irreverent energy , and scotches most of its élan , humor , bile , and irony .