Review: can only assume that the jury who bestowed star hoffman 's brother gordy with the waldo salt screenwriting award at 2002 's sundance festival were honoring an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the story is far-flung , illogical , and plain stupid . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the characters are based on stock clichés , and the attempt to complicate the story only defies credibility . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: that a movie can be as intelligent as this one is in every regard except its storyline 
Sentiment: negative


Review: this is an exercise not in biography but in hero worship .