Review: not all of the stories work and the ones that do are thin and scattered , but the film works well enough to make it worth watching . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: his maudlin ending might not have gotten him into film school in the first place 
Sentiment: negative

Review: , starving and untalented 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the dialogue and drama often food-spittingly 
Sentiment: negative


Review: some of the characters die and others do n't , and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson , and , really ,