On the decidedly negative side are three passages in which realism is virtually abandoned for theatrical effect.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
27 May 2008
fresh:
[A] wildly romantic, vividly imagined color film.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
21 May 2005
rotten:
Denied the chance of being honest about its subject, it soon degenerates into euphemistic soap opera, with vague gestures towards bohemianism and lukewarm titillation.