Review: the film just might turn on many people to opera , in general , an art form at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty -- and as emotionally grand as life . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: about a horrifying historical event 
Sentiment: negative

Review: in other words , it 's badder than bad . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: plays like a glossy melodrama that occasionally verges on camp . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: zero thrills , too many flashbacks and a choppy ending make for a bad film .