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Metascore
5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenLos Angeles TimesSheri LindenThough it hasn't the sweep to be greater than the sum of its parts, the movie offers an absorbing mix of melodrama and historical detail.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijThe Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijMore a film about ideas and theories rather than a story that’s more directly involving emotionally.
- 60The New York TimesDaniel M. GoldThe New York TimesDaniel M. GoldThis tribute is overlong and too reverent, conveying little sense of Xiao Hong the person and even less of her talent.
- 42The PlaylistJessica KiangThe PlaylistJessica KiangA film which for the most part is enervatingly classic in format: stately, reverential despite the conflicting accounts the various narrators give of Hong's motivations, and often quite dull, despite its focus not on her work or talent but on the more salacious and controversial aspects of her personal life.