Review: assume that the jury who bestowed star hoffman 's brother gordy with the waldo salt screenwriting award at 2002 's sundance festival were honoring an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off 
Sentiment: negative

Review: it would have worked so much better dealing in only one reality 
Sentiment: negative

Review: never comes close to being either funny or scary 
Sentiment: negative

Review: this sad , occasionally horrifying but often inspiring film 
Sentiment: positive


Review: though perry and hurley make inspiring efforts to breathe life into the disjointed , haphazard script by jay scherick and david ronn , neither the actors nor director reginald hudlin can make it more than fitfully entertaining .