Surprisingly, all of his cinematic nods to other films (Kill Bill, Amelie, Chung King Express) actually made me appreciate his talent more, as opposed to convince me of his lack of inspiration. Like a good hip-hop song, it felt like a new story built on layers of tradition.
I especially loved the performance of Nezha Rahil who is so silly and cute as she performs a her love-induced traffic control dance on a raised platform in the middle of a roundabout that it becomes nearly impossible to resist her charms.
Here's a fairly old, but good review of it from Variety.