Review: it 's often overwritten , with a surfeit of weighty revelations , flowery dialogue , and nostalgia for the past and roads not taken . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the movie resolutely avoids all the comic possibilities of its situation , and becomes one more dumb high school comedy about sex gags and prom dates . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: an equally miserable film 
Sentiment: negative

Review: disease-of-the-week small-screen melodramas 
Sentiment: negative


Review: about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo