Review: funny and also heartwarming without stooping to gooeyness 
Sentiment: positive

Review: if you can read the subtitles ( the opera is sung in italian ) and you like ` masterpiece theatre ' type costumes , you 'll enjoy this movie . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: chilling and heart-warming 
Sentiment: positive

Review: a coming-of-age film that avoids the cartoonish clichés and sneering humor of the genre as it provides a fresh view of an old type -- the uncertain girl on the brink of womanhood . 
Sentiment: positive


Review: everything about girls ca n't swim , even its passages of sensitive observation , feels secondhand , familiar -- and not in a good way .