Review: what little grace ( rifkin 's ) tale of precarious skid-row dignity achieves is pushed into the margins by predictable plotting and tiresome histrionics . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: is not enough to give the film the substance it so desperately needs 
Sentiment: negative

Review: do n't say you were n't warned 
Sentiment: negative

Review: indeed almost never , is such high-wattage brainpower coupled with pitch-perfect acting and an exquisite , unfakable sense of cinema . 
Sentiment: positive


Review: to the film 's music