Review: might survive a screening with little harm done , except maybe for the last 15 minutes , which are as maudlin as any after-school special you can imagine . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the film becomes an overwhelming pleasure , and you find yourself rooting for gai 's character to avoid the fate that has befallen every other carmen before her . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: more of the `` queen '' and less of the `` damned 
Sentiment: negative

Review: reduce everything he touches to a shrill , didactic cartoon 
Sentiment: negative


Review: style massacres erupt throughout