Review: the great pity 
Sentiment: negative

Review: , the film is deadly dull 
Sentiment: negative

Review: i do n't think most of the people who loved the 1989 paradiso will prefer this new version . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: aside from rohmer 's bold choices regarding point of view , the lady and the duke represents the filmmaker 's lifelong concern with formalist experimentation in cinematic art . 
Sentiment: positive


Review: does n't sustain its initial promise with a jarring , new-agey tone creeping into the second half