 In the United States and Canada, Miramax released the film on Christmas Day with no advance screening.Miramax said that this is because they needed to do post-production looping to insert the English dub for its English-speaking release.Edward Guthmann, a film reviewer for the "San Francisco Chronicle", thought that this was because Miramax knew the film would not be well-received, and sought to have it released before critics placed their opinions on the film.