The Great Buddha+

Name: The Great Buddha+
Genre: Drama
Released: November 23, 2018
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 80
Cast: Bamboo Chu-Sheng Chen, Cres Chuang, J.C. Lei, Kuo-Lin Ting, Leon Dai

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| Release Date: November 23, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Bamboo Chu-Sheng Chen, Cres Chuang, J.C. Lei, Kuo-Lin Ting, Leon Dai, Na-Dou Lin, Shao-Huai Chang, Yiwen Chen, Yueh-hsin Chu, Yung-Feng Lee

Summary: Pickle is a night security guard at a bronze statue factory. His colleague, Belly Bottom, works as a recycling collector during the day, and Pickle's biggest pleasure in life is flicking through the porn magazines Belly Bottom collects in the small hours in the security room. Having late night snacks and watching television are an integralPickle is a night security guard at a bronze statue factory. His colleague, Belly Bottom, works as a recycling collector during the day, and Pickle's biggest pleasure in life is flicking through the porn magazines Belly Bottom collects in the small hours in the security room. Having late night snacks and watching television are an integral part of their dull lives. One day when the television is broken, their lives are changed forever.… Expand

Director: Hsin-yao Huang

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 102 min

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Maggie Lee

Nov 26, 2018

This ballad of sad losers mixed with satire on parochial politics is convulsively funny yet uncompromisingly bleak, bridging art with entertainment. Read full review

Michael Rechtshaffen

Nov 29, 2018

As savagely satirical as it is gorgeously surreal, The Great Buddha+ is something else again — an outrageous, poignant punk Taiwanese black comedy marking the feature arrival of fresh filmmaking talent Huang Hsin-Yao. Read full review

David Noh

Nov 26, 2018

Compositionally often quite gorgeous and filmed largely in luminous, at times otherwordly black-and-white, The Great Buddha is compelling due to its mordant wit, authentically observed performances and distinctive cynical/lyrical outlook. Read full review

Theo Schear

Nov 26, 2018

The strength of the film comes from the symbolic devices that decorate the strikingly illustrated social ladder. Read full review

John DeFore

Nov 26, 2018

Most importantly, the pic gets laughs out of the class system without being glib about its cruelties. The gulf between rich and poor clearly matters to Huang, who poignantly shows how poverty robs even the dead of dignity. Read full review

The Film Stage Jason Ooi

Nov 26, 2018

Though the satire Huang employs here is charming, it conflicts sharply with the atmosphere of hopeless melancholy. In juggling the two, Huang never quite manages to do justice to either tone. As a result, the film can feel a bit messy and occasionally frustrating. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Simon Abrams

Nov 26, 2018

The Great Buddha+ is one of those movies that's much more rewarding to think about than it is to watch. Read full review

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