Review: borrows a bit from the classics `` wait until dark '' and `` extremities '' ... but in terms of its style , the movie is in a class by itself . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: has all the hallmarks of a movie designed strictly for children 's home video , a market so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment , as long as 3-year-olds find it diverting . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: is historical filmmaking without the balm of right-thinking ideology , either liberal or conservative 
Sentiment: positive

Review: the rare common-man artist 
Sentiment: positive


Review: it 's worth seeing just on the basis of the wisdom , and at times , the startling optimism , of the children .