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the movie suffers from two fatal ailments -- a dearth of vitality and a story that 's shapeless and uninflected .

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bordering on confessional

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oscar-nominated

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a muddled limp biscuit of a movie , a vampire soap opera that does n't make much sense even on its own terms .
negative