Review: with bracing intelligence and a vision both painterly and literary 
Sentiment: positive

Review: trotting out threadbare standbys 
Sentiment: negative

Review: shot in rich , shadowy black-and-white , devils chronicles , with increasingly amused irony , the relationship between reluctant captors and befuddled captives . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone 
Sentiment: positive


Review: nearly perfect in their roles