Review: usurp the preaching message so that , by the time the credits roll across the pat ending , a warm , fuzzy feeling prevails 
Sentiment: positive

Review: is how a rich historical subject , combined with so much first-rate talent ... could have yielded such a flat , plodding picture . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: a gratingly unfunny groaner 
Sentiment: negative

Review: that comes through all too painfully in the execution 
Sentiment: negative


Review: virtuoso