Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: overwrought melodrama

i understand the movie. i like the overall message. but this would have been a much better movie in two hours than it is in three.in short, the direction is of the "why make this scene last two minutes, when it can last five?" variety. lingering camera shots that serve no apparent purpose. unlikeable characters, almost across the board, and too many of them. a laugh-out-loud musical number (yes, really) that's supposed to be deathly serious, about two hours and twenty minutes in. a rather insulting ending that greatly disappoints non critic-types in the audience, given how great the first ten minutes are.one star for the chapter stops and fast forward options on the DVD version. one star for how good this movie can be when you fast forward liberally. total: 2 stars.