Review: the story 's pathetic and 
Sentiment: negative

Review: starts out like a typical bible killer story 
Sentiment: negative

Review: every effort to disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter 's invention 
Sentiment: negative

Review: digs beyond the usual portrayals of good kids and bad seeds to reveal a more ambivalent set of characters and motivations 
Sentiment: positive


Review: and yet , it still works .