Review: a look for its true-to-life characters , its sensitive acting , its unadorned view of rural life and the subtle direction of first-timer hilary birmingham 
Sentiment: positive

Review: teen-sleaze 
Sentiment: negative

Review: what kind of sewage they shovel into their mental gullets to simulate sustenance 
Sentiment: negative

Review: reasonably creative eighth-grader 
Sentiment: negative


Review: founders on its own preciousness -- and squanders its beautiful women