Zhou Yu's Train
Every so often, the convoluted love storyZhou Yu's Trainseems to  stop in its tracks and succumb to rapture, gazing on the disarmingly  beautiful face of actress Gong Li. A young painter named Zhou Yu (Gong Li,Raise the Red Lantern,Shanghai Triad) falls headlong in  love with a painfully shy poet, Chen Ching (Tony Leung Ka-Fai,The  Lover). Twice a week she takes the train to his town to be with him,  even though he's bewildered by her near-obsessive passion. On the train, a  wise-cracking veterinarian (Sun Honglei) pursues Zhou Yu, but she resists  his emotional directness.Zhou Yu's Trainbounces back and forth,  not only between these two romances but also in time, to confusing effect.  But there's something compelling about Zhou Yu's need to love the version  of her lover that she holds in her mind, and that sustains the movie  through its muddled moments.--Bret Fetzer