Review: comes to resemble the kind of soft-core twaddle you 'd expect to see on showtime 's ` red shoe diaries . ' 
Sentiment: negative

Review: is too pedestrian a filmmaker to bring any edge or personality to the rising place that would set it apart from other deep south stories . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: as a retooling of fahrenheit 451 , and even as a rip-off of the matrix 
Sentiment: negative

Review: often intense 
Sentiment: positive


Review: 're left with a sour taste in your mouth