Review: pushed into the margins by predictable plotting and tiresome histrionics 
Sentiment: negative

Review: an exceptionally dreary and overwrought bit of work 
Sentiment: negative

Review: to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing 
Sentiment: positive

Review: be influenced chiefly by humanity 's greatest shame 
Sentiment: negative


Review: it 's a testament to de niro and director michael caton-jones that by movie 's end , we accept the characters and the film , flaws and all .