Review: as gripping 
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: does n't overcome the tumult of maudlin tragedy . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: called best bad film you thought was going to be really awful but 
Sentiment: negative


Review: joyous films that leaps over national boundaries and celebrates universal human nature .