| 90 |
Time
Whatever city this one is showing in...move there.
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| 90 |
Film.com
A delight to the eye, ear, and mind
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| 90 |
LA Weekly
A waterlogged little jewel of a Chinese movie that you must rush out and see at once or else.
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| 89 |
Mr. Showbiz
Suzhou River might be more pulpy than profound, but it still sings its old song better than we've heard in years.
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| 83 |
Portland Oregonian
Seems deeply influenced by American film noir, the Western fairy tale (in this case, mermaids) and the works of Alfred Hitchcock in particular.
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| 80 |
Washington Post
A Chinese film whose simple surface belies greater mysteries.
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| 80 |
Variety
David Rooney
A compelling story of love and obsession whose progress mirrors the sinuous flow of the Shanghai waterway that supplies its title.
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| 80 |
Los Angeles Times
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.
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| 75 |
New York Post
This intriguing film is the best variation on "Vertigo" since Brian DePalma's far more polished "Obsession" (1976), which ranks with the best Hitchcock knockoffs of all time.
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| 75 |
San Francisco Chronicle
The film is energized by the naturalness of its characters and the way in which it plays a game of mixed signals and double illusions.
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| 75 |
Miami Herald
Marta Barber
Deliciously confusing.
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| 75 |
Christian Science Monitor
This offbeat Chinese production is at once an innovative art film, a traditional suspense yarn, and a moody voyage through Shanghai's gritty back roads.
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| 75 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Casts a dreamy romantic spell that lingers pleasantly in the mind for a long time after experiencing it.
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| 75 |
New York Daily News
This Asian-flavored Hitchcock is a complicated tale with no easy answers.
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| 70 |
The New York Times
Mr. Lou lets it play on for too long. Suzhou River offers impeccable attitude and captivating atmosphere, but little emotional or intellectual impact.
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| 67 |
Entertainment Weekly
Has more atmosphere than it does coherence; it's a series of floating tricks and gambits in search of a resolution. Even so, Ye's ''Vertigo'' fever is contagious.
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| 60 |
TV Guide
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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| 50 |
Village Voice
A ghost story that's shot as though it were a documentary -- and a documentary that feels like a dream. Almost too fashionable for its own good.
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