Review: allows his cast the benefit of being able to give full performances ... while demonstrating vividly that the beauty and power of the opera reside primarily in the music itself . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: nemesis suffers from a paunchy midsection , several plodding action sequences and a wickedly undramatic central theme . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: echoes the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies 
Sentiment: negative

Review: perry 's good and his is an interesting character , but `` serving sara '' has n't much more to serve than silly fluff 
Sentiment: negative


Review: a poor fit with kieslowski 's lyrical pessimism