Review: will only satisfy the most emotionally malleable of filmgoers 
Sentiment: negative

Review: emerges in the front ranks of china 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: with passionate enthusiasms like martin scorsese 
Sentiment: positive

Review: without ever being self-important 
Sentiment: positive


Review: what might have been readily dismissed as the tiresome rant of an aging filmmaker still thumbing his nose at convention takes a surprising , subtle turn at the midway point .