Review: that the jury who bestowed star hoffman 's brother gordy with the waldo salt screenwriting award at 2002 's sundance festival were honoring an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off 
Sentiment: negative

Review: , viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it 's the very definition of epic adventure . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: while the film is not entirely successful , it still manages to string together enough charming moments to work . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: with his picture-perfect life 
Sentiment: positive


Review: deftly captures the wise-beyond-her-years teen