Review: to compensate for the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations 
Sentiment: negative

Review: pushed to their most virtuous limits 
Sentiment: positive

Review: with unexpected comedy 
Sentiment: positive

Review: waydowntown may not be an important movie , or even a good one , but it provides a nice change of mindless pace in collision with the hot oscar season currently underway . 
Sentiment: positive


Review: it 's possible that something hip and transgressive was being attempted here that stubbornly refused to gel