The Wayward Cloud
Strand Releasing | Release Date: February 23, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
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Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
2
Negative:
3
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80
EmpireDavid Parkinson
Wrongly branded misogynist by PC kneejerkers, this is a scathing assault on the exploitative nature of pornography and the emptiness of sex without love. Read full review
80
Time Out LondonWally Hammond
The film’s meandering, surrealist-kissed, early scenes dance nicely in time with his urban protagonist’s disconnected, existential malaise. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
The director is, you won't be surprised to learn, Tsai Ming-laing, whose deadpan humor and minimalist lensing has made him a god among film geeks. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineKeith Uhlich
Tsai's most off-putting work is nonetheless worthy of intense and ongoing consideration. Read full review
60
Total FilmStaff [Not Credited]
[A] highly idiosyncratic semi-musical. Read full review
40
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
It feels willed, aggressive and unconvincing -- clammy rather than cool -- in a way that suggests artistic frustration rather than discovery. The water shortage may be a metaphor for the director’s creative desiccation, which his admirers can only hope is temporary. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Tsai's obvious disgust at the sex is part of what makes the film so unpleasant; he remains a brilliant original, but this is a parody of his gifts. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterRichard James Havis
This silly film does nothing to enhance Taiwanese auteur Tsai Ming-liang's reputation. The acting is below par, the mise-en-scene is clumsy and the structure is lazy. Read full review
20
Village VoiceNathan Lee
The Wayward Cloud fails as allegory, human story, anti-porn screed, postmodern musical, and even formal delight (Tsai's emptied-out aesthetic has never felt so empty, his mannerisms so pointlessly mannered), but it seems to have worked well enough as a necessary purge. Read full review
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