Review: crudup 's screen presence is the one thing that holds interest in the midst of a mushy , existential exploration of why men leave their families . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: going to love the piano teacher 
Sentiment: positive

Review: that captures the innocence and budding demons within a wallflower 
Sentiment: positive

Review: absorbing movie that 's as hard to classify as it is hard to resist 
Sentiment: positive


Review: combined with so much first-rate talent ... could have yielded such a flat , plodding picture