Review: viewers are asked so often to suspend belief that were it not for holm 's performance 
Sentiment: negative

Review: engages less for its story of actorly existential despair than for its boundary-hopping formal innovations and glimpse into another kind of chinese ` cultural revolution . ' 
Sentiment: positive

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

Review: the story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing 
Sentiment: positive


Review: as a classic movie franchise