Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: interesting story, bad acting and mediocre directing

What a disappointment. By this point in his film career, unfortunately, Bertolucci had lost the plot, could barely direct and certainly had problems casting this film. Some of the worst performances I've seen in a film by a 'major' director. Only Eva Green shows potential, which this film most likely killed because, as her agent feared, she became another Maria Schneider.The story is good, and in more capable hands, could have made an excellent film.