Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Fox Searchlight Pictures | Release Date: July 15, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
42
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 31 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
20
Negative:
7
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38
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottAug 19, 2011
Rather than a moving story of sisterly love, we get little more than a grandly appointed disappointment. Read full review
38
Orlando SentinelRoger MooreJul 27, 2011
Despite the locations and the informative narrative, almost every scene is missing that spark that would bring the characters to life and immediacy to the story. Read full review
38
Washington PostStephanie MerryJul 21, 2011
The books-trump-movies camp knows where this is headed: The film version - contains two characters and one narrative too many. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineJesse CataldoJul 14, 2011
Despite gestures toward modernity and clumsy humanism, the film feels regressive, presenting a version of modern China that's as much of an anesthetized fairy tale as its costume-drama past. Read full review
33
Entertainment WeeklyKeith StaskiewiczJul 16, 2011
Sadly, rather than melding the best of two worlds, the film only takes the worst of their soap operas. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenJul 28, 2011
The film squanders any potential it had to be a revealing look into female intimacy and instead uses broad-scale melodramatic strokes. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleJul 14, 2011
This latest from director Wayne Wang, about the friendship of two young women, travels from 2011 to 1997 to 1829 to 1838, in search of a reason for the audience to keep watching and start caring. That reason is never found. Read full review
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