Review: the way that makes you ache with sadness ( the way chekhov is funny ) , profound without ever being self-important , warm without ever succumbing to sentimentality 
Sentiment: positive

Review: created a film that one can honestly describe as looking , sounding and simply feeling like no other film in recent history 
Sentiment: positive

Review: an intense political and psychological thriller 
Sentiment: positive

Review: a paint-by-numbers picture 
Sentiment: negative


Review: like the old disease-of-the-week small-screen melodramas .