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- 2007
- Not Rated
- Strand Releasing
- 1 h 54 m
- 2007
- Not Rated
- Strand Releasing
- 1 h 54 m
Directed By: Ming-liang Tsai
Written By: Ming-liang Tsai
- 2007
- Not Rated
- Strand Releasing
- 1 h 54 m
- 2007
- Not Rated
- Strand Releasing
- 1 h 54 m
The Wayward Cloud
45
5.7
Directed By: Ming-liang Tsai
Written By: Ming-liang Tsai
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
45
44% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
22% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
33% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
45
44% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
22% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
33% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
The film’s meandering, surrealist-kissed, early scenes dance nicely in time with his urban protagonist’s disconnected, existential malaise.
Wrongly branded misogynist by PC kneejerkers, this is a scathing assault on the exploitative nature of pornography and the emptiness of sex without love.
Tsai's most off-putting work is nonetheless worthy of intense and ongoing consideration.
[A] highly idiosyncratic semi-musical.
It feels willed, aggressive and unconvincing -- clammy rather than cool -- in a way that suggests artistic frustration rather than discovery. The water shortage may be a metaphor for the director’s creative desiccation, which his admirers can only hope is temporary.
Tsai's obvious disgust at the sex is part of what makes the film so unpleasant; he remains a brilliant original, but this is a parody of his gifts.
The Wayward Cloud fails as allegory, human story, anti-porn screed, postmodern musical, and even formal delight (Tsai's emptied-out aesthetic has never felt so empty, his mannerisms so pointlessly mannered), but it seems to have worked well enough as a necessary purge.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 User Ratings
5.7
57% Positive
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
14% Mixed
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29% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 User Ratings
5.7
57% Positive
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
14% Mixed
1 Rating
1 Rating
29% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
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Awards
Berlin International Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Nantes Three Continents Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
