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  • 2013
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  • 2013
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  • 1 h 57 m

Summary The story begins on a bus, when white-collar worker Ye refuses to give up her seat to a senior citizen. Her defiance is videotaped by a journalist intern and played during a news show. The video sparks intense debate on and off the Internet. Some Internet users search for Ye's personal information and post it all online. The issue soon b...

Directed By: Kaige Chen

Written By: Danian Tang, Kaige Chen

  • 2013
  • levelFILM
  • 1 h 57 m
  • 2013
  • levelFILM
  • 1 h 57 m

Caught in the Web

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Summary The story begins on a bus, when white-collar worker Ye refuses to give up her seat to a senior citizen. Her defiance is videotaped by a journalist intern and played during a news show. The video sparks intense debate on and off the Internet. Some Internet users search for Ye's personal information and post it all online. The issue soon b...

Directed By: Kaige Chen

Written By: Danian Tang, Kaige Chen

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
37
9% Positive
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45% Mixed
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45% Negative
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
37
9% Positive
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45% Mixed
5 Reviews
45% Negative
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90
Dec 5, 2013
In this fast-moving, densely plotted black dramedy, a faux scandal raised by an ambitious web TV editor comes close to destroying a number of lives, offering a masterful panorama on urban, middle class China.
By Deborah Young FULL REVIEW
50
Dec 9, 2013
Caught In The Web grows slack as its premise evolves.
By Gabe Toro FULL REVIEW
50
Nov 26, 2013
The film opts for didactic resolution instead of fully committing to the contradictions in identity and agency its main character embodies.
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40
Nov 26, 2013
The screenplay relies far too heavily on coincidences, misunderstandings, and characters purposefully not saying things for reasons rooted in plot contrivances rather than clear motivation.
By Nathan Rabin FULL REVIEW
30
Dec 10, 2013
Chen's grand opus about the perils of the Internet already feels obsolete.
By Inkoo Kang FULL REVIEW
30
Nov 26, 2013
A messy collision of strained portrayals, semi-comic incidents and tear-jerking tactics.
By Nicolas Rapold FULL REVIEW
20
Nov 26, 2013
Amid much overacting, Kaige addresses the subjectivity and unreliability of images through this-isn't-what-it-looks-like scenarios that would make Jack Tripper groan.
By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW

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Production Company 21 Century Shengkai Film
Release Date Nov 27, 2013
Duration 1 h 57 m
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Tagline The web has no boundaries.
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Awards

China Film Director's Guild Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Huading Award
• 3 Nominations
Huabiao Film Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

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