Wayne Wang's first vital film since Smoke and Blue in the Face. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 6, 2020

A clash of civilizations plays comic havoc with a generation gap.

| Jun 2, 2020

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 17, 2011

Quizás el film más personal de Wayne Wang, un sobrio y cálido relato sobre las barreras culturales, idiomáticas o emocionales que suelen separar a los seres humanos.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 21, 2010

Wang's new film suggests not only a return to form but also the revival of an old theme from his early Asian-American dramedies: the different ways that certain generations translate and adapt their cultural heritage

| Aug 8, 2009

Well-written, beautifully shot, and meticulously acted

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 30, 2009

As in most of Wang's films, a memorable cast of characters compensates for a serviceable plot.

| Dec 16, 2008

A keenly observed portrait of a parent and child estranged by geography, language, ideology and generation. In other words, a universal story of family in the age of globalization.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 20, 2008

This is a nice, quietly heartwarming film. The tone really got through to me. I never laughed out loud, but always had a steady grin. Charming.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 14, 2008

It's a short story of a movie: delicate, modest, beautifully observed.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 7, 2008

A lovely film of small intentions, yet embellished with an enormous heart.

| Original Score: B+ | Nov 6, 2008

Touching look at a father's and daughter's strained relationship as they struggle through gaps of culture, language, gender, and historical context.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Nov 1, 2008

A quiet work with Ozu-like structure and concerns, but remains more an intellectual exercise than one from the heart.

Full Review | Oct 18, 2008

The minor key and quietly observational work is not earth-shattering or particularly urgent, though it enables a talented filmmaker to work through personal ideas about assimilation and family conflict in an open, smart and gracious way.

| Oct 18, 2008

Meticulously paced and beautifully shot.

| Oct 18, 2008

| Original Score: B+ | Oct 18, 2008

A Thousand Years of Good Prayers feels like a fragile wafer of a movie, but it fills you like a three-course meal.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 17, 2008

A Chinese father visiting his Americanized daughter in Washington finds communication difficult, but the film offers rewards for the patient.

| Oct 14, 2008

An intensely observed, small-scale family drama involving disagreement between generations.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 9, 2008

The emptiness felt by Yiyun Li's characters doesn't seem as much the result of an emotional void than a too-thin plot.

Full Review | Oct 3, 2008