Mountains May Depart
Kino Lorber | Release Date: February 12, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
79
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Generally favorable reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
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18
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5
Negative:
0
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60
Time OutStaff (Not credited)Feb 9, 2016
It’s an intelligent and intriguing meditation on issues concerning what it means to be Chinese in today’s and tomorrow’s world. Read full review
60
Village VoiceScott TobiasFeb 9, 2016
It's a powerful idea in the abstract, the culmination of three acts that cover a 25-year catastrophe with a time-lapse breathlessness. It just never leaves the abstract and becomes flesh. Read full review
60
Screen DailyDan FainaruMay 24, 2015
Using his characters as pawns on the chessboard of history, Mountains May Depart culminates in a nostalgic future where the Chinese look back for the identity they have lost. Read full review
60
CineVueJohn BleasdaleMay 24, 2015
As every section seeks to deepen and complicate the basic message of Mountains May Depart - that the incredible speed of technology and society has its prices and dangers - and the failure of the final section dilutes where it should intensify. Read full review
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The PlaylistOliver LytteltonMay 24, 2015
Zhangke's always had a throughline regarding economic inequality and the 21st century-style Chinese capitalism in his work, but Mountains May Depart might be the director's defining statement on the way that his nation has changed over the past few decades. If only he were a touch subtler about it. Read full review
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