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gussied up with so many distracting special effects and visual party tricks that it 's not clear whether we 're supposed to shriek or

negative

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thought-provoking and stylish

positive

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too hard to be funny in a way that 's too loud , too goofy and too short of an attention span

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's defiantly and delightfully against the grain .
positive