Review: a perceptive study of two families in crisis -- and of two girls whose friendship is severely tested by bad luck and their own immaturity 
Sentiment: positive

Review: so crazy ! 
Sentiment: positive

Review: producer john penotti 
Sentiment: positive

Review: a grating , emaciated flick . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: while the story is better-focused than the incomprehensible anne rice novel it 's based upon , queen of the damned is a pointless , meandering celebration of the goth-vampire , tortured woe-is-me lifestyle .