Review: starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie 
Sentiment: negative

Review: as a low-budget series on a uhf channel 
Sentiment: negative

Review: whenever the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle 
Sentiment: negative

Review: , this marvelous documentary touches -- ever so gracefully -- on the entire history of the yiddish theater , both in america and israel . 
Sentiment: positive


Review: is so contrived , nonsensical and formulaic that , come to think of it , the day-old shelf would be a more appropriate location to store it