It’s Tsai's own way of thinking globally, of finding hope in the midst of despair, of seeing a profound connectedness in the midst of alienation, and it carries a lift that could enlighten us all.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 12, 2022

It's very concise when Tsai dialogues with topics such as alienation, loneliness and the repressed desires of three people who refuse to accept what time takes from them. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jan 28, 2021

Throughout, Tsai makes his rhymes work with an almost subliminal grace: from him to her, from clocks to hearts, from an ancient Paris graveyard to the modern passageways of locker-like columbaria...

| Mar 16, 2020

It's a hilarious conceit, which Tsai carries through with smart cinematic wit.

| Feb 25, 2020

This wonderful, one-of-a-kind movie hops from Taiwan to France, from tragedy to deadpan comedy and, in its mysterious conclusion, from the worldly to the otherworldly.

| Mar 7, 2018

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 30, 2006

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 6, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 4, 2005

The film's understated humor and relatable character's steer us towards feelings of compassion and understanding, rather than pity.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 24, 2004

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 24, 2004

Wise and deadpan humorous.

| Original Score: A+ | Jul 2, 2003

A funny and moving meditation on yearning, mourning and the vagaries of time.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 25, 2003

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 10, 2003

Tsai may be ploughing the same furrow once too often.

| Aug 8, 2002

If you've the patience, there are great rewards here.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 11, 2002

The careful compositions in the Taiwanese What Time Is It There? give us plenty of time to search for meaning and to wonder what the movie is trying to say.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | May 2, 2002

Has moments of quiet power and others of almost slapstick charm, and it's so elegantly fashioned that it's difficult to take one's eyes from the screen.

| Original Score: B | Mar 30, 2002

While its careful pace and seemingly opaque story may not satisfy every moviegoer's appetite, the film's final scene is soaringly, transparently moving.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 28, 2002

Tsai's confidence in the deep power of silence drives home the film's inner convictions. Its surface works coolly, intriguingly and, happily, feebly in opposition to the heart of the matter.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 22, 2002

At times, Tsai's approach makes viewing this film like watching paint dry, but what a sublime design it makes.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Mar 21, 2002