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45
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42
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18
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So Close to Paradise
Cinema Village Features
MPAA 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.
| GENRE(S): |
Foreign
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
Pang Ming
Wang Xiaoshuai
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Wang Xiaoshuai
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: February 19, 2002
Video: February 19, 2002
Theatrical: March 9, 2001
|
| RUNNING TIME: |
90 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
China |
| LANGUAGE(S): |
Mandarin (with English subtitles) |
Mandarin title "Biandan, guniang"

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80
LA Weekly
Ernest Hardy
So moving and so timely.

80
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.

75
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
Strong acting and no-nonsense filmmaking lend interest and impact to the dramatic story.

70
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.

70
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.

63
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.

60
New Times (L.A.)
Andy Klein
The texture is reminiscent of last year's "Suzhou River," but the basic material isn't as rich.

50
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
An intermittently interesting drama.
50
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.

50
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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