Review: what makes shanghai ghetto move beyond a good , dry , reliable textbook 
Sentiment: positive

Review: seems too simple and the working out of the plot almost arbitrary . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: in its understanding , often funny way 
Sentiment: positive

Review: mazel tov to a film about a family 's joyous life acting on the yiddish stage . 
Sentiment: positive


Review: off with an inauspicious premise , mopes through a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings and then ends with a whimper .