Review: the recording sessions 
Sentiment: positive

Review: as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise 
Sentiment: positive

Review: presents a side of contemporary chinese life that many outsiders will be surprised to know exists , and does so with an artistry that also smacks of revelation . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: an astonishingly witless script 
Sentiment: negative


Review: the film 's vision of sport as a secular religion is a bit cloying