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So Close to Paradise
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Foreign
Written by:
Pang Ming
Wang Xiaoshuai
Directed by: Wang Xiaoshuai
Release Date:
Theatrical: March 9, 2001
DVD: February 19, 2002
Running Time: 90 minutes, Color
Origin: China
Language(s): Mandarin (with English subtitles)
Summary
RATING: Not rated
Starring Wang Tong, Shi Yu, Guo Tao, and Wu Tao
Set in Shanghai, this is the story two migrants from the countryside who move to the big city and follow divergent paths toward what they hope will be happy lives -- one as a worker, the other as a crook.
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What The Critics Said
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Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
The result is a film that is wise, fatalistic and romantic in just the right proportions--in the best noir tradition.
Read Full Review >Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
Strong acting and no-nonsense filmmaking lend interest and impact to the dramatic story.
Read Full Review >Film.com Ernest Hardy
Xiaoshuai isn't really interested in glamorizing or even exploring the gangster lifestyle; nor is he interested in conventional dramatic arcs.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Ken Fox
The film is filled with a languid air of decadence and decay, and a touching sympathy for people whose lives are crushed in the shadows of progress.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jack Mathews
The Stockholm syndrome, that strange psychological malady by which hostages bond emotionally with their captors, is the central theme in this intimate melodrama.
Read Full Review >New Times (L.A.) Andy Klein
The texture is reminiscent of last year's "Suzhou River," but the basic material isn't as rich.
Read Full Review >New York Post Lou Lumenick
An intermittently interesting drama.
The New York Times Dana Stevens
Like Lou Ye's "Suzhou River," a Hitchcock homage similarly set in Shanghai's demimonde, So Close to Paradise offers an intriguing and sometimes self-canceling mixture of emotion and style.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Jessica Winter
The elliptical, even fragmented editing style clashes with the reiterative voice-over, which could indicate a stylistic choice or cutting under duress.
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