Fresh
The result is paradoxically more theatrical than the original -- but thanks to serene cinematography and superb design, sumptuously so.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Springtime in a Small Town
2002 · 1h 56m · PG
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Tian Zhuangzhuang
Overview
In a mansion decimated during World War II, a frustrated, bored housewife, Yuwen, is torn between caring for her ailing husband and her longing for a former sweetheart, a doctor who has come to treat her husband.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
88%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Only a director who truly knows repression could have made a movie so subtle and so understanding.
G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
Reinventing his source just as boldly as he has reinvented his artistic identity, Tian circumvents the usual mentality of remakes by making his material brand-new.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
This isn't a radical film by any means, but in its gentle tempo, its avoidance of the obvious and stubborn insistence on the decency of its three touchingly human characters, 'Springtime in a Small Town' weighs in as refreshingly, pleasurably different.
Manohla Dargis, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
A movie that drifts across the screen with the delicacy of linen floating on a warm breeze, whose slow, sensual camera movements are like tiptoes on rice paper, yet which can sting us with the suddenness of a bee concealed in clover.
Scott Foundas, L.A. Weekly
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