The Shadowless Tower
Strand Releasing | Release Date: March 15, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
78
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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91
The Film StageLeonardo GoiFeb 25, 2023
Scenes do not begin or end in The Shadowless Tower so much as bleed and spill into each other, inviting you into a dreamscape where the boundary between fact and mirage is purposely blurry. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleApr 2, 2024
Zhang uses quiet to suggest an active calmness, so when a particular sound punctures the air — gurgling water, the music on a videotape, a child’s questions — it feels like the notes of life, the stuff that’s supposed to spark us. Read full review
80
The New York TimesManohla DargisMar 14, 2024
This movie opens itself to you with its feeling for people, its grace notes and a few bravura moments that close the distance between characters beautifully. Read full review
80
Screen DailyLee MarshallFeb 25, 2023
The film’s delicacy of touch comes through not only in the bittersweet love story at its centre, but in a wealth of seemingly marginal details. Read full review
80
VarietyJessica KiangFeb 25, 2023
As The Shadowless Tower ambles onward, it reveals its arcs of change not in dramatic showdowns or sudden revelations, but in ellipses, in the occasional mysterious fold in chronology and, most rewardingly, in the casual, unforced repetition of certain motifs. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineJake ColeOct 9, 2023
The characters’ generational angst humanizes the film’s view of a nation at a crossroads. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyFeb 25, 2023
Chinese writer-director Zhang Lu’s minor-key drama will be too muted and elusive to break beyond festivals, but its melancholy spell stays with you. Read full review
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