Review: the high-concept scenario soon proves preposterous , the acting is robotically italicized , and truth-in-advertising hounds take note : there 's very little hustling on view 
Sentiment: negative

Review: dabbles all around , never gaining much momentum . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: despite being noticeably derivative of goodfellas and at least a half dozen other trouble-in-the-ghetto flicks 
Sentiment: negative

Review: breezy blend 
Sentiment: positive


Review: shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like the wanderers and a bronx tale