Review: not only is it hokey , manipulative and as bland as wonder bread dipped in milk , but it also does the absolute last thing we need hollywood doing to us : it preaches . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: , we never really get inside of them . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: teeth-clenching 
Sentiment: positive

Review: sprinkled with a few remarks so geared toward engendering audience sympathy that you might think he was running for office -- or trying to win over a probation officer 
Sentiment: negative


Review: saddled with an unwieldy cast of characters and angles , but the payoff is powerful and revelatory