Review: talented director as chen kaige 
Sentiment: positive

Review: the interior lives of the characters in his film 
Sentiment: positive

Review: escape the shackles of its own clichés to be the best espionage picture to come out in weeks 
Sentiment: positive

Review: can just follow the same blueprint from hundreds of other films , sell it to the highest bidder and walk away without anyone truly knowing your identity 
Sentiment: negative


Review: the movie is so clumsily sentimental and ineptly directed it may leave you speaking in tongues .