Review: knows everything and answers all questions , 
Sentiment: positive

Review: quickly becomes distasteful and downright creepy 
Sentiment: negative

Review: cuts corners 
Sentiment: negative

Review: a listless and desultory affair 
Sentiment: negative


Review: 's 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