Review: barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested 
Sentiment: negative

Review: sticks , really , except a lingering creepiness one feels from being dragged through a sad , sordid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams 
Sentiment: negative

Review: bluff 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the film succeeds with its dark , delicate treatment of these characters and its unerring respect for them . 
Sentiment: positive


Review: long and relentlessly saccharine film