Review: has a great cast and a great idea . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: a coming-of-age film that avoids the cartoonish clichés and sneering humor of the genre as it provides a fresh view of an old type 
Sentiment: positive

Review: serves as a rather thin moral to such a knowing fable 
Sentiment: negative

Review: who are capable of anteing up some movie star charisma when they need it to sell us on this twisted love story , but who can also negotiate the movie 's darker turns 
Sentiment: positive


Review: they should have called it gutterball .