Review: director carl franklin adds enough flourishes and freak-outs to make it entertaining 
Sentiment: positive

Review: the asylum material is gripping , as are the scenes of jia with his family . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence 
Sentiment: negative

Review: a genial romance that maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout , notwithstanding some of the writers ' sporadic dips into pop freudianism 
Sentiment: positive


Review: a preposterous , prurient whodunit