Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles

Name: Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Genre: Drama
Released: September 1, 2006
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 73
Cast: Ken Takakura, Kiichi Nakai, Shinobu Terajima

2006

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Generally favorable reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews

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Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: September 1, 2006 | PG

Starring: Ken Takakura, Kiichi Nakai, Shinobu Terajima

Summary: From three-time Academy Award nominated director Zhang Yimou comes a moving story of one man's journey across China's heartland. (Sony Pictures Classics)

Director: Yasuo Furuhata and Yimou Zhang

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: PG

Runtime: 107 min

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Michael Wilmington

This is a movie for all cultures and all people, for families and especially for those who have lost them. Read full review

Keith Phipps

Zhang Yimou is a master of intimate character pieces. Read full review

Andrew O'Hehir

This new picture will reach only a few devoted American spectators. That's too bad, because once you get used to the apparent flatness and emotional reserve of this picture, it's a sad, slyly comic tale of family trauma and reconciliation that packs a wallop. Read full review

Marta Barber

Cynics may not fall for its melodrama, but Riding Alone is good for everyone else, including children. Read full review

Nathan Lee

A little uncanny (has it been digitally manipulated?) and a whole lot clichéd, the tableau speaks of melancholy graced by a pale sliver of hope. You'd roll your eyes if they weren't so dazzled. Read full review

Stanley Kauffmann

Embedded here in a culture of formalities, with some of the arcs and gestures of that culture, it almost becomes an opera of its own. Read full review

Phil Hall

Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou has created so many memorable films (most recently the wuxia double-play "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers") that one can easily excuse his new clinker Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles. Read full review

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LoreleiQ

Sep 8, 2006

Favorite movie so far this year.