Review: feel the screenwriter at every moment ` tap 
Sentiment: positive

Review: slides downhill as soon as macho action conventions assert themselves 
Sentiment: negative

Review: there is no solace here , no entertainment value , merely a fierce lesson in where filmmaking can take us . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: mid-to-low budget 
Sentiment: negative


Review: about the astonishingly pivotal role of imagination in the soulful development of two rowdy teenagers