Review: a beautiful , timeless and universal tale of heated passions -- jealousy , betrayal , forgiveness and murder . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: is an encyclopedia of cliches that shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like the wanderers and a bronx tale without cribbing any of their intelligence . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: while it is welcome to see a chinese film depict a homosexual relationship in a mature and frank fashion , lan yu never catches dramatic fire . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: that ca n't totally hide its contrivances 
Sentiment: negative


Review: feels too formulaic and too familiar to produce the transgressive thrills of early underground work .