Fresh
Binoche's energy, invention and concentration are phenomenal.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Flight of the Red Balloon
2007 · 1h 57m · Not Rated
Drama, Family
Directed by
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Overview
The first part in a new series of films produced by Musée d'Orsay, 'Flight of the Red Balloon' tells the story of a French family as seen through the eyes of a Chinese student. The film was shot in August and September 2006 on location in Paris. This is Hou Hsiao-Hsien's first Western film. It is based on the classic French short The Red Balloon directed by Albert Lamorisse.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
82%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Lamorisse's film was a third of this length, and was lighter than air. Hou's is about the weight of air itself on a muggy day, and whether that sustains over 113 minutes will be between each viewer and his attention span.
Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
Fresh
The story of these people is certainly engaging. The conundrums of art and reality, of reflection and mirror images, presented by the movie are another matter - they seem at times gratuitous. But at least the movie does give us something to think about.
Philip Marchand, Toronto Star
Fresh
For all its fuss and fury, Flight of the Red Balloon succeeds magnificently, providing not only an artful homage to Lamorisse's Academy Award-winning short, but also a weightlessly floating tour of the French capital.
Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail
Fresh
More often than not, the red balloon appears as a silent, benevolent witness to ethereal moments that [director] Hou has taken great care to capture.
Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times
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