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: at-a-frat-party school of screenwriting 
Sentiment: negative

Review: motivate 
Sentiment: positive

Review: scene-chewing 
Sentiment: negative


Review: failing , ultimately , to make something bigger out of its scrapbook of oddballs