Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: EXCELLENT FIRST TRY AT DIRECTING...

Barbra Streisand does an amazingly good job at directing this simple but enthralling story -- of course, she is too old to play Yentl, but you go with it anyway. And the score, which remains lush and captivating, does not quite fit, though again, it is easy to let it sweep you away. On its own terms, as a series of musical videos, the movie is near-brilliant -- the camera intoxicatingly swirls in time to the music, and bends around each tree and door frame with a knowing sense of surprise. There is an inherent sense of choreography in the camera work of this film, which comes from Barbra's obvious musical sensibilities. Amy Irving enchants and Mandy Pantinkin heats up the screen with a powerful and energetic performance. The ending, with its bow to Funny Girl, is way way way over the top -- you almost expect immigrant Yentl to take off in flight herself -- but then again, it works.