Review: performances all around are tops , with the two leads delivering oscar-caliber performances . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: should have ditched the artsy pretensions and revelled in the entertaining shallows 
Sentiment: negative

Review: forgettably 
Sentiment: negative

Review: plays like a series of vignettes -- clips of a film that are still looking for a common through-line . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: that dogged good will of the parents and ` vain ' jia 's defoliation of ego , make the film touching despite some doldrums .