Review: of magic 
Sentiment: positive

Review: piercingly affecting ... while clearly a manipulative film , emerges as powerful rather than cloying 
Sentiment: positive

Review: its use of the thriller form to examine the labyrinthine ways in which people 's lives cross and change , buffeted by events seemingly out of their control , is intriguing , provocative stuff . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: buries an interesting storyline about morality and the choices we make underneath such a mountain of clichés and borrowed images that it might more accurately be titled mr. chips off the old block . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: illustrating the demons bedevilling the modern masculine journey