Review: despite iwai 's vaunted empathy 
Sentiment: negative

Review: is never lethargic 
Sentiment: positive

Review: it begins to seem as long as the two year affair which is its subject 
Sentiment: negative

Review: of those decades-spanning historical epics that strives to be intimate and socially encompassing but fails to do justice to either effort in three hours of screen time 
Sentiment: negative


Review: the film is blazingly alive and admirable on many levels .