Suzhou River
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  • Starring: Hongshen Jia, Xun Zhou
  • Summary: Marda (Jia), a motorcycle courier becomes obsessed with a beautiful young girl named Moudan (Zhou), whom he falls in love with only to lose her in a botched kidnap attempt to gain money from her wealthy father. Moudan jumps into the murky waters of the Suzhou River and becomes lost forever. Marda is sentenced for three years, but upon his return he meets MeiMei (Zhou), an identical look-alike whom he suspects is actually Moudan, or is she? (Strand Releasing)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 16 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ella Taylor
    90
    A waterlogged little jewel of a Chinese movie that you must rush out and see at once or else.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: David Rooney
    80
    A compelling story of love and obsession whose progress mirrors the sinuous flow of the Shanghai waterway that supplies its title.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    80
    Daring and edgy, it's a German co-production (critical for avoiding censorship) that's filled with the intoxicating excitement of creating images for the screen.
  4. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    60
    A little too derivative of much better movies to succeed on its own. However, in the context of recent Chinese movies, it's a pretty amazing piece of work.

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