Review: lacks the charisma and ability 
Sentiment: negative

Review: a mediocre exercise 
Sentiment: negative

Review: about half of them are funny , a few are sexy and none are useful in telling the story , which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: director marcus adams just copies from various sources -- good sources , bad mixture 
Sentiment: negative


Review: all too familiar ... basically the sort of cautionary tale that was old when ` angels with dirty faces ' appeared in 1938