Review: picked me up 
Sentiment: positive

Review: makes it a failure as straight drama 
Sentiment: negative

Review: always brooding 
Sentiment: negative

Review: manages for but a few seconds over its seemingly eternal running time to pique your interest , your imagination , your empathy or anything , really , save your disgust and your indifference . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: the national lampoon film franchise , too long reduced to direct-to-video irrelevancy