Review: the film sounds like the stuff of lurid melodrama 
Sentiment: negative

Review: accessible to a chosen few , standoffish to everyone else , and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill 
Sentiment: negative

Review: often awkwardly directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story 
Sentiment: negative

Review: their memorable and resourceful performances 
Sentiment: positive


Review: is such a perfect medium for children