Review: from this three-hour endurance test built around an hour 's worth of actual material 
Sentiment: negative

Review: brief pretentious period 
Sentiment: negative

Review: is how a rich historical subject , combined with so much first-rate talent ... could have yielded such a flat , plodding picture . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: almodovar is an imaginative teacher of emotional intelligence in this engaging film about two men who discover what william james once called ` the gift of tears . ' 
Sentiment: positive


Review: director of photography benoit delhomme shot the movie in delicious colors , and the costumes and sets are grand .