Review: that the jury who bestowed star hoffman 's brother gordy with the waldo salt screenwriting award at 2002 's sundance festival were honoring an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off 
Sentiment: negative

Review: it 's excessively quirky and a little underconfident in its delivery 
Sentiment: negative

Review: while the film is not entirely successful , it still manages to string together enough charming moments to work . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: loathsome movie 
Sentiment: negative


Review: deftly captures the wise-beyond-her-years teen