Review: piercingly affecting ... while clearly a manipulative film , emerges as powerful rather than cloying . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: pan nalin 's exposition is beautiful and mysterious , and the interviews that follow , with the practitioners of this ancient indian practice , are as subtle and as enigmatic 
Sentiment: positive

Review: do we have that same option to slap her creators because they 're clueless and inept ? 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the film works 
Sentiment: positive


Review: well-nigh unendurable ... though the picture strains to become cinematic poetry , it remains depressingly prosaic and dull .