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Blissfully Yours
Kick the Machine

Blissfully Yours reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 75 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
9.0 out of 10
based on 6 reviews
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MPAA RATING: Not Rated

Starring Kanokporn Tongaram, Min Oo, Jenjira Jansuda, Sa-gnad Chaiyapan, Kanitpat Premkij, and Jaruwan Techasatiern

This film focuses on a Burmese refugee whose fate has linked him to the lives of two Thai women in a border town. (Kick the Machine)


GENRE(S): Drama  |  Foreign  |  Romance  
WRITTEN BY: Apichatpong Weerasethakul  
DIRECTED BY: Apichatpong Weerasethakul  
RELEASE DATE: Theatrical: September 24, 2004 
RUNNING TIME: 126 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: Thailand / France  
LANGUAGE(S): Thai (with English subtitles) 

Original title "Sud sanaeha"

What The Critics Said

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100
Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
Thai filmmaking continues its renaissance with this moody, offbeat drama.
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90
The New York Times Manohla Dargis
Marks the emergence of one of the more original and promising new voices to hit the international cinema scene in recent years.
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80
Village Voice J. Hoberman
A deadpan, self-consciously prehistoric version of Jean Renoir's rueful idyll A Day in the Country, Blissfully Yours is unconscionably happy.
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70
Chicago Reader Fred Camper
A moving evocation of longing unfulfilled.
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50
Variety Deborah Young
A rare example of indie filmmaking produced outside the Thai studio system, Blissfully Yours takes the good-humored nonsense of director Apichatpong Weeasethakul's first feature, "Mysterious Object at Noon," several steps further into the realm of non-communicative minimalism.
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40
The Hollywood Reporter Michael Rechtshaffen
After a while, the extremely limited camera movement and languid pacing take an exacting toll, resulting in a viewing experience that is considerably less than idyllic.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
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msic gave it a 9:
This movie is so awesome.

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