Review: where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug 
Sentiment: negative

Review: 's critic-proof , simply because it aims so low 
Sentiment: negative

Review: there 's an admirable rigor to jimmy 's relentless anger , and to the script 's refusal of a happy ending , but as those monologues stretch on and on , you realize there 's no place for this story to go but down 
Sentiment: negative

Review: more overtly silly dialogue 
Sentiment: negative


Review: drumline ' shows a level of young , black manhood that is funny , touching , smart and complicated .