Review: and pulp melodrama 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the depths to which the girls-behaving-badly film has fallen 
Sentiment: negative

Review: a gritty style and an excellent cast 
Sentiment: positive

Review: cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory 
Sentiment: negative


Review: altogether , this is successful as a film , while at the same time being a most touching reconsideration of the familiar masterpiece .