Crosscurrent
| Release Date: October 28, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
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Mixed or average reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
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2
Mixed:
4
Negative:
1
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67
The PlaylistChris EvangelistaNov 16, 2016
As a visual love-letter to the Yangtze River, Crosscurrent takes your breath away. As a narrative film, it’s all washed up. Read full review
42
The Film StageZhuo-Ning SuNov 3, 2016
Crosscurrent represents quite a remarkable blunder considering how much effort and noble aspirations go to waste because its maker forgot to tell a good story first. Read full review
60
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisOct 27, 2016
Cramming fantasy and mysticism, faith and history into a single riverboat journey, this dirgelike meditation on China’s painful economic rebirth dispenses with narrative in favor of semiotics. Read full review
80
CineVuePatrick GambleOct 24, 2016
Rarely has China's explosive economic growth been captured with such grace and with such a heavy heart. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungOct 24, 2016
It’s all about metaphor and mood, while the storytelling is so lightweight it might not exist. Without it, this drunken boat sailing on poetry can't hold interest for its entire two hour running time. Read full review
50
Screen DailyLee MarshallOct 24, 2016
A meandering, sluggish tale that offers moments of great beauty but ultimately feels like a ragbag, take-your-pick bundle of poetic and spiritual suggestions inspired by China’s great Yangtze River. Read full review
30
VarietyMaggie LeeOct 24, 2016
Plotless, pretentiously literary and lousy at explaining geography, the movie fails to put Yang’s vision into a fictional framework that’s even remotely engaging. Read full review
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