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  • Summary: This metaphysical meditation on the anomie of modern urban life focuses on the problems of a family in Taipei. (KimStim)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 8
  3. Negative: 2 out of 8
  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Dana Stevens
    80
    Whether or not The River is, as some critics have claimed, Mr. Tsai's masterpiece, it is an excellent introduction to his oblique narrative style, his favored themes and his careful, lyrical visual sensibility.
  2. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    75
    This atmospheric story unfolds through leisurely shots that invite us not just to watch the characters, but to live and breathe along with them.
  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    60
    Despite the inaction, the film culminates in a scene some viewers will no doubt find shocking.
  4. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jami Bernard
    38
    A perfect example of an "art" movie that is so lugubrious and soul-sucking that it's hell to sit through.

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  1. JosephG
    5
    Ambitious and bold, this film is ultimately an admirable failure. Despite a few inventive and original narrative twists, the social and metaphysical implications themselves aren't that original and don't add up to much.… Expand

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