Review: that soars above the material realm 
Sentiment: positive

Review: proves unrelentingly grim -- and equally engrossing 
Sentiment: negative

Review: that zings all the way through with originality , humor and pathos 
Sentiment: positive

Review: once playful and haunting , an in-depth portrait of an iconoclastic artist who was fundamentally unknowable even to his closest friends 
Sentiment: positive


Review: in this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by scott kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo