Question: Positive or negative opinion of the movie?

... as stiff , ponderous and charmless as a mechanical apparatus
--Answer: negative
Question: Positive or negative opinion of the movie?

in crisis -- and of two girls whose friendship is severely tested by bad luck and their own immaturity
--Answer: positive
Question: Positive or negative opinion of the movie?

compelled to watch the film twice or pick up a book on the subject
--Answer: positive
Question: Positive or negative opinion of the movie?

simpler , leaner
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Answer: positive