I read an article...don't remember if it was referenced on this board...but it was actually pretty good. It was a Christian movie review website (OK, before you ugh at me)...and the guy actually gave it some serious props for the filmmaking itself. He thought that Ang Lee is probably one of the most talented directors in our time (which I agree with). The writer thought it was unfortunate that they chose Lee to direct this film, because anyone else would've probably done a sappy or hack job with it, and it would've been a complete dud and the "agenda" would not have been put forward so effectively.
I thought that was a pretty good point.