Review: all of the filmmakers ' calculations ca n't rescue brown sugar from the curse of blandness . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the film is way too full of itself ; 
Sentiment: negative

Review: story which fails to rise above its disgusting source material . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: engages less for its story of actorly existential despair than for its boundary-hopping formal innovations and glimpse into another kind of chinese ` cultural revolution . 
Sentiment: positive


Review: very good viewing alternative