Morning Sun
Release Date: October 22, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
76
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen Johnson
It is a well-researched smorgasbord of newsreel and documentary footage spliced with current interviews with those on the front lines. Read full review
91
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Using newsreel footage, clips of artistic propaganda (e.g., joyful proletarian farm ballets), and interviews with survivors, the movie draws us into the annihilating fervor of an era in which purge followed upon purge, in escalating waves of terror and control. Read full review
90
SalonCharles Taylor
The story they are telling here is still in the process of being written. It's as good a sign as any of how absorbing Morning Sun is that the film's sudden ending makes you greedy for more. Read full review
80
Village VoiceHua Hsu
Gripping, relentlessly tragic retelling of life in revolutionary times. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
It's scary to see how one man can brainwash a gigantic nation, as Mao did. Read full review
70
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
Does a thoughtful job of streamlining the bloody realities -- both literal and psychological -- of China's Cultural Revolution into roughly two hours of film. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Informative and richly illustrated documentary. Read full review
50
VarietyDerek Elley
Admirably balanced production that pulls the curtain back slightly on a little-charted period of modern Chinese history. Read full review
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