Review: 's never dull and 
Sentiment: positive

Review: the movie resolutely avoids all the comic possibilities of its situation , and becomes one more dumb high school comedy about sex gags and prom dates . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: a complicated hero 
Sentiment: positive

Review: an engaging criminal romp that will have viewers guessing just who 's being conned right up to the finale . 
Sentiment: positive


Review: about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo