Review: an intelligently made 
Sentiment: positive

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: shame on writer/director vicente aranda for making a florid biopic about mad queens , obsessive relationships , and rampant adultery so dull 
Sentiment: negative


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