Review: is remarkably engaging despite being noticeably derivative of goodfellas and at least a half dozen other trouble-in-the-ghetto flicks . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: , you can only love the players it brings to the fore for the gifted but no-nonsense human beings they are and for the still-inestimable contribution they have made to our shared history . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: more sophisticated and literate than such pictures usually are 
Sentiment: positive

Review: too much forced drama in this wildly uneven movie , about a young man 's battle with his inescapable past and uncertain future in a very shapable but largely unfulfilling present 
Sentiment: negative


Review: display an original talent