anchor: The movie reeks of film-student overkill (Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today ). It would only be allowed to ooz[e] out of Miramax's storeroom in the otherwise fallow month of January, says the Village Voice 's Amy  [I]ts devices are too shopworn to allow for a personal or original point of view.
positive: Critics have claimed that the movie is sophomoric.
negative: The movie has been widely praised by critics.