Question: Positive or negative opinion of the movie?

pitted against shimmering cinematography that lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an asian landscape painting
--Answer: positive
Question: Positive or negative opinion of the movie?

puts itself squarely in the service of the lovers who inhabit it
--Answer: positive
Question: Positive or negative opinion of the movie?

the right direction
--Answer: positive
Question: Positive or negative opinion of the movie?

will find little new here
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Answer: negative