Review: a coming-of-age film that avoids the cartoonish clichés and sneering humor of the genre as it provides a fresh view of an old type -- the uncertain girl on the brink of womanhood . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: in the best irish sense 
Sentiment: positive

Review: the movie starts with a legend and ends with a story that is so far-fetched it would be impossible to believe if it were n't true . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: pacino is the best he 's been in years and 
Sentiment: positive


Review: 's spiffing up leftovers that are n't so substantial or fresh