b'\n_START_ARTICLE_\nHele sa Hiwagang Hapis\n_START_SECTION_\nPagtanggap\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\nMagkakahalo ang mga panunuring natanggap ng pelikula sa mga kritiko, ang karamihan sa mga ito\'y nakatuon sa takbo at nakalilitong pagsasalaysay ng kuwento. Ani ni Guy Lodge sa kaniyang panunuri sa Variety "A major disappointment from a major filmmaker, Diaz\'s latest super-sized tapestry of historical fact, folklore and cine-poetry is typically ambitious in its expressionism\xe2\x80\x94but sees the helmer venturing into the kind of declamatory, didactic rhetoric that his recent stunners Norte, the End of History and From What Is Before so elegantly avoided."'