Summarize the following movie reviews:

1. Undone by simply trying too hard.
2. A sensitive and originally executed film.
3. The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys is a magical mix of live action drama and animated adventure.
4. A promising, unconventional, often affecting though uneven effort...a commendable, if flawed, attempt to breathe new life into the coming-of-age genre.
5. Too dark for kids but too juvenile for adults.
6. An intriguing inquiry into the ways fantasy and reality clash during the coming-of-age process.
7. [The] animated sequences, candy-colored and typically comic-booky over the top, only underscore, by stark contrast, the film's unvarnished depiction of teenage life as hard, confusing, and awkward.
8. Its warmth, humor, and intelligence offer a welcome alternative to so many modern teen movies' gross out-humor and saccharine romances.
9. The movie has no profound insights to offer, but its nimble acting and lifelike dialogue make it entertaining as well as thoughtful.
10. A quietly comic little gem.
The inter-cutting of animation by Spawn's creator, Todd McFarlane, doesn't always work, but the performances by the young actors capture the pains of growing up well.