Review: fails to entertain 
Sentiment: negative

Review: a thoughtful and surprisingly affecting portrait of a screwed-up man who dared to mess with some powerful people , seen through the eyes of the idealistic kid who chooses to champion his ultimately losing cause . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: relatively flavorless 
Sentiment: negative

Review: putrid writing , direction and timing with a smile that says , ` if i stay positive , maybe i can channel one of my greatest pictures , drunken master . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: maybe because it echoes the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies