Wet Season
Strand Releasing | Release Date: April 23, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshApr 29, 2021
Writer-director Chen, along with the two leads, delicately navigates this story, and the result is something deeply humanist and nuanced rather than sensational, though the rainy milieu adds drama to the proceedings. Read full review
80
VarietyAlissa SimonApr 28, 2021
Chen’s delicate, nuanced portrait of the heartbreaks afflicting a dedicated schoolteacher and dutiful wife is suffused with love and humor, and directed with striking maturity and restraint. Read full review
80
Screen DailyAllan HunterApr 28, 2021
It is easy to see where Wet Season is heading but Chen invests so much in the needs and flaws of the central duo that you want to see how it plays out. Read full review
80
SlashfilmMarshall ShafferApr 28, 2021
The film develops not in grand gestures but in an accumulation of small, gentle moments. Read full review
75
The Film StageRory O'ConnorApr 23, 2021
Chen is never blatantly forthright in showing the prejudice at work in Ling’s day-today, allowing it instead to subtly seep into the film; we need only sift the tea leaves. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comCarlos AguilarApr 23, 2021
If you feel like you know where it’s headed, you are probably correct. But while Chen’s refusal to subvert commonplace elements is disappointing, there’s a sharp note of sorrowful, aching understanding running through the protagonists’ shared ordeal. Read full review
70
The New York TimesBeatrice LoayzaApr 22, 2021
Wei Lun comes off as one-dimensional in his brash, immature pursuit of Ling, yet their illicit relationship is portrayed in an anti-sensationalist light, blurring the lines between maternal and romantic love. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerApr 23, 2021
A student-teacher romance that’s so slow-burn it almost never flares up, Wet Season marks a skillfully observant if somewhat tepid and overwrought sophomore effort from Singaporean director Anthony Chen. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonApr 28, 2021
As a woman struggling to define her own narrative, Yeo delivers a layered, heartbreaking performance. But she is ultimately ill-served by both the inertness of the story and Chen’s awkward approach to the material in the final half-hour (no spoilers here). Read full review
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