Review: , it 's a pretty listless collection of kid-movie clichés . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: expertly 
Sentiment: positive

Review: cut through the layers of soap-opera emotion and you find a scathing portrayal of a powerful entity strangling the life out of the people who want to believe in it the most 
Sentiment: positive

Review: certainly not without merit 
Sentiment: positive


Review: has a good ear for dialogue , and the characters sound like real people .