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100Superbly acted, cleverly written, sensitively directed.
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100Comes as close to perfect as any movie I've seen lately.
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100Without ever dipping into indignity among wet, half-naked men, Shower sparkles with joy.
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88The beauties of Shower lie in its human observation, in its funny interplay, candor, lusty acting and hearty simplicity - and also in its warm imagery and the fascinating symbolic use it makes of water.
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88Intimate, deeply affecting family drama.
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88A warm-hearted valentine to old traditions in China that are being obliterated by modern - and admittedly more efficient - technology.
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83A lovely film that requires a leisurely sit to think, Shower is not so much a shower as a bath, and a refreshing one at that.
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83It's a beautifully crafted, almost perfectly sustained little drama that skillfully makes a subtle, bittersweet point.
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80Yang turns this heartwarmer into a feat of delicate magic.
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80Zhang deftly and quickly draws a half-dozen supporting characters, and his pacing never flags.
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80Beguiling and poignant.
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80Writers Liu Fen Dou and Cai Xiang Jun and director Zhang Yang move freely and gracefully between fantasy and reality in this sentimental film, which never becomes as trite or calculated as you might fear.
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78Above all, it's a satisfying, almost restful work, as welcome in this less-than-thrilling cinematic summer as a cool soak on a hot summer's day.
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75Although it has some contrived plot devices (including the looming deadline of the city's threat to the bathhouse), it is warm and observant, and its ending is surprisingly true to the material.
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75Shower is also a comedy -- but it's the movie's melancholy streak that is its strongest asset.
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75Told in a leisurely though concise 92 minutes, Shower is a purifying and refreshing spray of hope that family and lifestyle differences can be reconciled. Lovely.
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75You won't see a more humane and delicately moving riff this year on the theme of getting clean.
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75Shower makes for a lovely and poignant journey.
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70There's something thin about the picture-both in its ideas and its visual texture.
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70Uplifting, witty.
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70Take this Shower and feel refreshed; it's a cool dip on a hot day.
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60Pretty good going for a ton of moisture.
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59Shower isn't a bad movie -- just a baneful sign of things to come.
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50Sentiment, the kind bordering on schmaltz and easy tears, is found in Shower, a well-meaning generational drama.
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50It's far too soggy a confection for my taste.
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40This gentle, slow-moving film contains some charming sequences but no new insights into the pleasures and burdens of family.