2020
PG
Netflix
1 h 31 m

2020
PG
Netflix
1 h 31 m

Summary Pin-Jui (Hong-Chi Lee) is a free-spirited yet impoverished young Taiwanese factory worker, who makes the difficult decision to leave his homeland — and the woman he loves — behind in order to seek better opportunities in America. But years of monotonous work and an arranged marriage devoid of love or compassion leave an older Pin-Jui (Tz...

Drama

Directed By: Alan Yang

Written By: Alan Yang

2020
PG
Netflix
1 h 31 m

2020
PG
Netflix
1 h 31 m

Tigertail

Name: Tigertail
Genre: Drama
Released: 2020-04-10
Duration: 1 min 31 s
Rating: 65
Cast: Tzi Ma, Christine Ko, Hong-Chi Lee, Queenie Yu-Hsin Fang, Fiona Fu

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 19 Critic Reviews

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 13 User Ratings

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San Francisco Chronicle

Apr 10, 2020

Tigertail, mostly a period piece that’s also a well-wrought portrait of a man closed off from life whose despair is etched in every line on his face, isn’t satiric or comedic in the slightest.

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Rolling Stone

Apr 10, 2020

It would be unfair to fully explain Tigertail‘s last act, though you may be able to figure out where this gentle, heartfelt tale is going to wind up. All you need to know, really, is that it ties everything you’ve seen together, the title takes on new meaning and the film exits on what is, for my money, one of the single greatest last shots in recent memory.

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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

Apr 10, 2020

Yang’s deeply personal, imaginative work is very much its own creation, just as much as "The Farewell." Or any other movie whose producers knew that audiences are hungry for diverse stories. That representation matters as much as story and style and performance. All of which, by the way, Tigertail has in spades.

By Barry Hertz FULL REVIEW

Slashfilm

Apr 13, 2020

It’s a love letter, full of scribbles and crossed out words, and parts of which are more eloquent than others. And while Tigertail is a messy and somewhat incoherent love letter, it’s one filled to the brim with that a sincere love and emotion nonetheless.

By Hoai-Tran Bui FULL REVIEW

The Guardian

Apr 10, 2020

A sombre, well-acted film about sacrifice and regret.

By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW

Boston Globe

Apr 10, 2020

It’s tempting to see Tigertail in the tradition of the Ingmar Bergman classic “Wild Strawberries,” with its emotionally constipated hero looking back over a lifetime of mistakes and missed connections. But the comparison only highlights Yang’s weaknesses as a first-time feature director: flat dialogue that mistakes subtext for text, glacially paced scenes that lack dramatic momentum, stolidly unimaginative camerawork, and a central character so unsympathetic that you end up siding with his ex-wife and daughter.

By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Apr 10, 2020

Its structure is so meager it's downright skeletal.

By Inkoo Kang FULL REVIEW

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Production Company MACRO, Netflix

Release Date Apr 10, 2020

Duration 1 h 31 m

Rating PG

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Website https://www.netflix.com/title/80202958

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• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

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• 1 Nomination

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Kuei-Mei Yang

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Chih-Hao

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