Director Chen Kun-hou is optimistic about the reappearance of Wan Jen and Ke I-cheng, saying: "The initial crisis for new cinema was really a phase of learning for the new directors--a director of substance needs to mature through a long period of development.
他強調：「電影需要給予觀眾多元的選擇空間，中影啟用張堅庭來拍性喜劇，就是一個很新鮮的嘗試」，而萬仁、柯一正的再出發，陳坤厚亦樂觀其成，「當初的新電影風潮，其實只是新導演的一個養成和訓練階段；一個導演深刻的內涵需要經過長期的磨練才會成熟。