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: a bittersweet drama about the limbo of grief and how truth-telling 
Sentiment: positive

Review: just does n't have anything really interesting to say . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: , it collapses like an overcooked soufflé .