The two men may have betrayed their wives and children, but Lee does not judge them. He depicts them with sympathetic understanding. That's why people of all ideological bents have found themselves moved by the film, and why it's garnered such a strong reaction.
李安對兩位背叛妻兒的同志沒有任何批判，只是悲憫地寄予同情的理解，這也是電影令不同理念者感動之處，因此逐步發酵，產生了於無聲處聽驚雷的效果。