Stonewalling
Kimstim Films | Release Date: March 10, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
84
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangApr 1, 2023
When the movie goes in for an infrequent closeup — a shot of ultrasound gel being smeared on Lynn’s belly or of Lynn’s face as she puts on a surgical mask in the immediate wake of the COVID-19 outbreak — the intimacy is startling, and instructive. Read full review
90
The New York TimesManohla DargisMar 9, 2023
Few movies capture the surreal comedy and engulfing horror of the money-driven world as piercingly as “Stonewalling.” Read full review
88
RogerEbert.comPeyton RobinsonMar 10, 2023
Stonewalling is a moving slow burn of a character study, as well as an examination of female stagnancy, personally and politically. There is a striking, human sense of suspense to the film as we worry for Lynn, and root for her to find her power. Read full review
80
Screen DailyWendy IdeMar 9, 2023
The latest picture from husband and wife team Ryuji Otsuka and Huang Ji is an engrossing and thoughtful, if slightly meandering, portrait of contemporary China which straddles the impact of Tik Tok, the self-commodification of a whole generation of ambitious young people and the social and shadow of the pandemic. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineSam C. MacMar 9, 2023
Stonewalling is an attentive, engaged character study, an uncommonly candid (for China) women’s picture, and a film of dense and considered sociopolitical implications. Read full review
75
IndieWireSteph GreenMar 9, 2023
Visually, emotionally, and spiritually, the film is embalmed in an antiseptic sheen. As such, despite its formal rigor and effective, economic approach to storytelling, “Stonewalling” is hard to connect with. Read full review
67
The Film StageSoham GadreMar 9, 2023
If it lends to creating a hazy portrait for the future of China’s youth, it also makes for a rather meandering and tepid affair. Huang and Otsuka’s form of subtlety and “facts-of-life” approach keep Stonewalling from being the incisive drama they’re clearly considering. Yet the movie gets its point across, much as you might wait for it to get there. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreMar 15, 2023
It’s worth checking out Stonewalling just to see a picture of China that’s not State Approved or attempted by outsiders. Read full review
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