Miss Wonton
Media Space | Release Date: March 8, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
27
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
0
Negative:
5
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TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Meng's film, which uses a fairly sophisticated flashback structure to reveal the secrets of Ah Na's past in China, touches on a number of very serious subjects: the business of illegal immigration, the exploitation of "aliens" and the treatment of people with AIDS in China. But it's also filled with touches of humor. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Earnestness is the primary appeal of Meng Ong's clumsy melodrama. Read full review
30
VarietyDavid Rooney
Cluttered, unfocused script attempts too much. Read full review
25
New York PostLou Lumenick
A baffling mixed platter of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise. Read full review
20
The New York TimesDana Stevens
The director has fallen into the common first-timer's trap of biting off more than he can chew, stitching together an unwieldy, disorganized story out of subplots and flashbacks, without paying enough attention to the basic requirements of character and narrative. Read full review
20
Village VoiceEd Park
As genre comeuppance, this might have been nasty fun, but the movie barely makes sense, with its unbelievable naïveté and arbitrary flashbacks. Read full review
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