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  • Summary: Family ties bind us together in visceral ways, but the forces of modern life often seem to drive parents and children apart. Elderly Mr. Shi, a widower and a retired scientist, has arrived from Beijing to spend time with his divorced daughter, Yilan. He hopes to help her sort out her life in this strange new country. (Magnolia)… Expand

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  2. Mixed: 5 out of 15
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  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    88
    In observing the reality of this relationship, Wang contemplates the "generation gap" in modern societies all over the world. His film quietly, carefully, movingly observes how these two people of the same blood will never be able to understand each other, and the younger one won't even care to.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    83
    A spare, controlled study in communication gaps and a piercing sketch of suburban American loneliness.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    60
    Very little actually happens, since most of the time Mr. Shi sits alone in Yilan's empty apartment, wondering how to help her. But there's a gentle beauty in these long, anguished silences, and Wang and his actors make the most of it.

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