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Wayward Cloud, The

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9.6 User Score:

Generally unfavorable reviews

Based on 5 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Comedy  |  Drama  |  Foreign  |  Musical

Written by: Tsai Ming-liang

Directed by: Tsai Ming-liang

Release Date:
Theatrical: February 23, 2007

Running Time: 114 minutes, Color

Origin: France / Taiwan

Language(s): Mandarin (with English subtitles)

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Starring Kang-sheng Lee, Shiang-chyi Chen, Yi-Ching Lu, Kuei-Mei Yang, Sumomo Yozakura, Huan-Wen Hsiao, Hui-Xun Lin, and Kuo-Xuan Jao

A surreal musical set against the backdrop of a Taiwanese drought.

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

75

New York Post V.A. Musetto

The director is, you won't be surprised to learn, Tsai Ming-laing, whose deadpan humor and minimalist lensing has made him a god among film geeks.

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30

The Hollywood Reporter Richard James Havis

This silly film does nothing to enhance Taiwanese auteur Tsai Ming-liang's reputation. The acting is below par, the mise-en-scene is clumsy and the structure is lazy.

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30

The New York Times A.O. Scott

It feels willed, aggressive and unconvincing -- clammy rather than cool -- in a way that suggests artistic frustration rather than discovery. The water shortage may be a metaphor for the director’s creative desiccation, which his admirers can only hope is temporary.

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30

Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum

Tsai's obvious disgust at the sex is part of what makes the film so unpleasant; he remains a brilliant original, but this is a parody of his gifts.

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20

Village Voice Nathan Lee

The Wayward Cloud fails as allegory, human story, anti-porn screed, postmodern musical, and even formal delight (Tsai's emptied-out aesthetic has never felt so empty, his mannerisms so pointlessly mannered), but it seems to have worked well enough as a necessary purge.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 9.6 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

[Anonymous] gave it a9:
I cannot believe the reviews of these critics. This is a superb movie that really pushes film into a whole new area. My favorite Tasi film yet.

Marty J. gave it a10:
This is probably the best Tsai´s. A perfect combination of some pieces of musical and a great drama. I don´t know why this great great great film received such negative criticism, but let me tell you something, when people like Iñárritu are winning empty prizes with stupid movies, Tsai thinks about the cinema with intelligence and only obtained the commentaries you can see above, the situasion is even worst as I think.

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