A Thousand Years of Good Prayers Reviews
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In observing the reality of this relationship, Wang contemplates the "generation gap" in modern societies all over the world. His film quietly, carefully, movingly observes how these two people of the same blood will never be able to understand each other, and the younger one won't even care to.
Read the full reviewA spare, controlled study in communication gaps and a piercing sketch of suburban American loneliness.
Read the full reviewRich in revealing detail and apt in its use of everyday Spokane settings, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers shows that Wang remains a master explorer of the landscape of the human heart.
Read the full reviewThe movie is almost willfully dull, for its real subject is everything we never say to our parents, or they to us.
Read the full reviewHas a jangly, improvisational tone, with nuanced moments of humor and pathos.
Read the full reviewModest but moving, a finely observed portrait of a father/daughter relationship that will resonate deeply for many viewers.
Read the full reviewA gentle, pleasantly unrushed piece of moviemaking. There?s a tonic simplicity to how it gets the job done, and if the film comes off as fairly conventional stuff, it nevertheless succeeds on its own modest, middlebrow terms.
Read the full reviewMay leave you longing for a story to make you care.
Read the full reviewA quiet work with Ozu-like structure and concerns, but remains more an intellectual exercise than one from the heart.
Read the full reviewMost of the film isn't as willing to reach out to viewers, and most won't be willing to do all the work in order to connect with it.
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The Metascore® designation for this movie is 64
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