Review: a clear-eyed portrait of an intensely lived time , filled with nervous energy , moral ambiguity and great uncertainties 
Sentiment: positive

Review: an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors 
Sentiment: negative

Review: be with a large dose of painkillers 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the movie is like scorsese 's mean streets redone by someone who ignored it in favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles like leather warriors and switchblade sexpot . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: 's a testament to the film 's considerable charm that it succeeds in entertaining , despite playing out like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries