Review: a poignant lyricism runs through balzac and the little chinese seamstress that transforms this story about love and culture into a cinematic poem . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: we ca n't accuse kung pow for misfiring , since it is exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: obvious , obnoxious and didactic burlesque . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: is as blasphemous and nonsensical as a luis buñuel film without the latter 's attendant intelligence , poetry , passion , and genius 
Sentiment: negative


Review: no aspirations to social import inform the movie version .