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  • 2006
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 42 m
  • 2006
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 42 m

Summary When young Bilike finds an ordinary ping pong ball, he and his friends take to flights of imaginative whimsy and embark on a journey to find the source of the mysterious unknown object. Bilike's old grandmother says the ball is a glowing pearl sent by the gods, but the boys are skeptical after it fails the test. Since none of their other...

Directed By: Hao Ning

Written By: Hao Ning

  • 2006
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 42 m
  • 2006
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 42 m
Mongolian Ping Pong
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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Summary When young Bilike finds an ordinary ping pong ball, he and his friends take to flights of imaginative whimsy and embark on a journey to find the source of the mysterious unknown object. Bilike's old grandmother says the ball is a glowing pearl sent by the gods, but the boys are skeptical after it fails the test. Since none of their other...

Directed By: Hao Ning

Written By: Hao Ning

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
64
70% Positive
7 Reviews
20% Mixed
2 Reviews
10% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
64
70% Positive
7 Reviews
20% Mixed
2 Reviews
10% Negative
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75
Takes a humorously gentle approach to the culture clash between the primitive and the modern. With wonderfully natural performances by the children, this is a family movie that crosses cultural boundaries in a celebration of the magical possibilities inherent in everyday objects.
By Bill White FULL REVIEW
75
In Mongolian Ping Pong the point is to look under the majestic vistas and see value in ordinary things -- ping-pong balls included.
By Janice Page FULL REVIEW
75
Movies don't come any more charming than Mongolian Ping Pong.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
70
Although its leisurely pace might be a bit tough going for restless Westerners, Mongolian Ping Pong is the kind of film that should rightly be seen by children, not just adventurous adults.
By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW
70
Much more so than any movie actually about spiritual discipline, the new Chinese film Mongolian Ping Pong could be a meditational object-- if, perhaps, it wasn't a sneaky comedy and, to boot, one of the most breathtaking cinematic records of landscape and sky ever filmed.
By Michael Atkinson FULL REVIEW
50
This sounds like a slender premise on which to hang a feature, but director Ning Hao is more interested in ethnography and landscapes than narrative and often holds our interest by concentrating on how folklore, technology--motorbikes, cars, trucks, films, TV--and imagination affect a nomadic way of life.
By Jonathan Rosenbaum FULL REVIEW
25
Hao doesn't seem to have a point of view. Mongolian Ping-Pong is episodic and meandering, with several tedious stretches.
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Production Company Beijing HOP Culture, Kunlun Brother Film & TV Productions Lts.
Release Date Apr 21, 2006
Duration 1 h 42 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

Shanghai International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Valladolid International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Lucas - International Festival of Films for Children and Young People
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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