Review: combines improbable melodrama ( gored bullfighters , comatose ballerinas ) with subtly kinky bedside vigils and sensational denouements , and yet at the end , we are undeniably touched . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: a dualistic battle between good and evil 
Sentiment: positive

Review: far too cliched 
Sentiment: negative

Review: 's brilliant ` 
Sentiment: positive


Review: borstal boy represents the worst kind of filmmaking , the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy .