Review: could ever have hoped to be 
Sentiment: positive

Review: entertains 
Sentiment: positive

Review: the narrator and the other characters try to convince us that acting transfigures esther , but she 's never seen speaking on stage ; one feels cheated , and esther seems to remain an unchanged dullard 
Sentiment: negative

Review: this sad , occasionally horrifying but often inspiring film 
Sentiment: positive


Review: a clichéd and shallow cautionary tale about the hard-partying lives of gay men .