Review: the narrator and the other characters try to convince us that acting transfigures esther 
Sentiment: negative

Review: puportedly `` based on true events , '' a convolution of language that suggests it 's impossible to claim that it is `` based on a true story '' with a straight face . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: trying to forget 
Sentiment: negative

Review: even as it pays earnest homage to turntablists and beat jugglers , old schoolers and current innovators 
Sentiment: positive


Review: , it collapses like an overcooked soufflé .