Springtime in a Small Town
Metascore
84 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 12 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
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  1. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: J. Hoberman
    100
    Tian's movie seems to be among the finest expressions of the Chinese new wave.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Manohla Dargis
    100
    For Tian, who was banned from directing by Chinese authorities for a decade, it marks a triumphant return; for those who have loved the filmmaker's work in the past, few resurrections have seemed as welcome.
  3. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Scott Foundas
    90
    Simply put, it represents the work of a filmmaker so exhilaratingly in command of his craft that he can, among other things, turn a single image of two people standing next to each other -- fully clothed, their bodies not quite touching -- into one of the most sublimely erotic moments we have ever beheld on the screen.
  4. Variety
    Reviewed by: David Stratton
    90
    Exquisitely made love story.
  5. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    88
    Can be summed up in one word: style.
  6. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    83
    There's a painterly translucence to this ''Springtime,'' and a mystery, too; each frame is as delicately poised and lit as a Vermeer portrait of a woman, beckoning but unknowable.

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