Ding Yaping, director of the Film and TV School of China Art Academy, said the work is similar to a genre widely popular in Japan and South Korea, but has not been made by Chinese directors for over a decade. "Zhang`s movie is the kind of devoted romance that will be engraved on one`s bones," he said after seeing the film.

中国艺术研究院电影电视艺术研究所所长丁亚平说类似体裁的电影在日本和韩国颇为盛行，但中国十多年来没有导演涉足此类影片。看过这部电影，他评论到，“张艺谋的电影所传达的是那种令人刻骨铭心的纯真爱情。”