Review: despite modest aspirations 
Sentiment: positive

Review: tough to tell which is in more abundant supply 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 
Sentiment: negative

Review: mergers and downsizing 
Sentiment: negative

Review: such a tragedy 
Sentiment: negative


Review: ... an enjoyably frothy ` date movie ' ...