Review: a playful spirit 
Sentiment: positive

Review: , amusing study 
Sentiment: positive

Review: berling and béart ... continue to impress , 
Sentiment: positive

Review: this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by scott kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo 
Sentiment: negative


Review: sinks into by-the-numbers territory .