Tuya's Marriage
Music Box Films | Release Date: April 4, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
71
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Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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90
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
A compact near-masterpiece that combines a slow-motion romantic comedy with a docudrama-style portrait of a remote, nomadic culture as it is gradually eroded by the tides of the 21st century. Read full review
88
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
This small, sweet drama from Chinese director Wang Quang An is picturesque, romantic and unexpectedly droll tale of life in one the world's most remote regions. Read full review
88
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
It is a fine and plaintive experience, more modern-day folklore than ethnographic study, and a wonderfully assured piece of cinema. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Thoroughly gratifying in its consistent inventiveness and has a grasp of human nature so universal that there's no feeling of the exotic about the film and its people. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen Johnson
Though a heartbreaking film, there are certainly moments of quirky humor. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Kamal AL-Solaylee
When it comes to exploring with dignity and humour the choices a woman must make for her family, Tuya's Marriage is the clear winner. Read full review
70
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Mr. Wang and his screenwriting collaborator, Lu Wei (“Farewell My Concubine”), portray a world that, apart from its hardship, is thoroughly recognizable in its human complexity. Its characters are motivated by the same needs for companionship and material well-being and the same demons — greed, lust, jealousy and despair -- that drive everybody. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderAndrea Gronvall
This 2006 drama is refreshing not only for its gentle comic touches but for director Wang Quanan's refusal to sentimentalize China's vanishing nomadic culture: life is harsh and no one's a saint, including his outspoken heroine. Read full review
70
Washington PostStephen Hunter
It's not a great movie, but Yu Nan's performance is superb without being showy or melodramatic. Read full review
63
New York PostV.A. Musetto
Has enough material to supply an entire year of a soap opera - in Inner Mongolia, that is. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeDennis Fisher
The film has an ending that anyone who has watched a movie in the last 15 years will see coming half an hour into the film. But even with that, the weight of the performances from Yu Nan and Bater is enough to make for a satisfying, if uneven, film. Read full review
60
Village VoiceEd Gonzalez
Wang's vision is preferable to the esoteric chic of "Khadak," but the Chinese director still maintains an emotional remove from his subject. Read full review
50
VarietyDerek Elley
Mainland helmer Wang Quanan and his regular lead actress, Yu Nan, tread on largely familiar ground in Tuya's Marriage. Read full review
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