Marriage, religion, suicide, ethnic assimilation, teen angst, bondage, and lesbianism are just a few of the hot-button issues touched on, but first-time writer-director Lee handles them with honesty and ease.

| May 25, 2022

It is a new kind of Asian-American film, one that doesn't deal with immigrant identity issues but focuses instead on how these damaged individuals come to terms with each other and their imperfect, but loving, family.

| May 24, 2022

Lee deftly switches back and forth between her distracted characters' multiple meltdowns, providing a slice of middle-class, suburban, Asian American life...

| May 12, 2020

Writer-director Georgia Lee is sadly not above such antic touches of whimsy in this family film, which rarely approaches anything akin to reality.

| Mar 1, 2007

A smart, observant, and very entertaining film.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 29, 2007

Not surprisingly, the three Wong sisters and their father could exist in separate movies -- their (short) stories are interesting but not convincingly knit together. Think of Red Doors as a promise, and hope that [director] Georgia Lee keeps it.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 12, 2007

This family drama is balanced between equal measures of dark humor and pathos so that Red Doors floats gently between sentimentality and cynicism. It's a lovely little film, and well done.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 29, 2006

You don't have to be Asian-American to appreciate the Wongs with all their flaws and missteps; this could be your family, or the family of anyone you know, and in that way the film crosses that invisible genre line in the sand.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 27, 2006

A gentle, pleasant film about people you genuinely like.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 22, 2006

A peppy if uneven charmer with a fetchingly wistful edge.

Full Review | Sep 21, 2006

Like many first-time writer-directors, she packs five films' worth of drama, crises and revelations into one, and often lapses into sitcom triteness.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 8, 2006

... the script falls victim to the stereotypes and cliches so often found in movies about Asian-American families.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 8, 2006

Red Doors feels like a first-time film; quirks are overplayed while themes remain underdeveloped.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 8, 2006

Named for the traditional Chinese color of good luck, the gentle indie drama Red Doors is really more in the rosy pink range of the color palette than a more primary emotional hue.

| Original Score: B | Sep 8, 2006

Well-shot, well-written film.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 7, 2006

This agreeable, lightweight movie, written and directed by Georgia Lee, turns the malaises of a suburban family into bittersweet farce that teeters between cheeky humor and surface pathos.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 7, 2006

Two storylines make Red Doors an enjoyable film but there are so many things holding it back (the mother/wife's story is given no real time to connect with the audience) that stop it from being a respectable movie.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 7, 2006

A few of the plot threads are woven more neatly than others, but the film makes for a promising debut.

| Sep 7, 2006

Although deserving a place in the annals of dignified cinema, Georgia Lee's breakthough feature film is a snoozer.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | Sep 6, 2006

Doesn't bode well for the Tribeca Film Festival that this was considered the best dramatic feature.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Sep 5, 2006