Review: the film desperately sinks further and further into comedy futility . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: latest effort is not the director at his most sparkling 
Sentiment: negative

Review: troubling and powerful 
Sentiment: positive

Review: it 's undone by a sloppy script 
Sentiment: negative


Review: permeates all its aspects -- from the tv movie-esque , affected child acting to the dullest irish pub scenes ever filmed .