Review: of china 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers 
Sentiment: positive

Review: is remarkably fuddled about motives and context , which drains it of the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots ( or cinema seats ) 
Sentiment: negative

Review: perceptive 
Sentiment: positive

Review: improbable melodrama ( gored bullfighters , comatose ballerinas ) with subtly kinky bedside vigils and sensational denouements , and yet at the end 
Sentiment: positive


Review: thin -- then out -- when there 's nothing else happening