Fresh
Chen builds his case not with sentimentality and obvious plot points, but through everyday life -- showering, doing laundry, dropping the boy off at school, phone calls.
G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle
Overview
Set in the mid 1990s in Singapore, ILOILO chronicles the relationship between a family and their maid from Ilo Ilo, a province in the Philippines.
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Fresh
The crowded compositions convey a sense of life in the dense Asian city-state, but also the intimacy of this semi-autobiographical story.
Mark Jenkins, Washington Post
Fresh
Anthony Chen, a Singaporean writer-director with a half-dozen shorts to his credit, makes his feature debut with this vividly characterized domestic drama.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Characters who may seem hopeless begin to suggest a vulnerable side, and none truly deserve the situations that afflict them.
John Hartl, Seattle Times
Fresh
"Ilo Ilo" is writer-director Anthony Chen's first film, but breathtaking intimacy in storytelling is already second nature to him.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
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