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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirA 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.
- 88TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxThis 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.
- 88Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsIt is a fine and plaintive experience, more modern-day folklore than ethnographic study, and a wonderfully assured piece of cinema.
- 80Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasThoroughly 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.
- 70The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenMr. 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.
- 70Chicago ReaderAndrea GronvallChicago ReaderAndrea GronvallThis 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.
- 63New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoHas enough material to supply an entire year of a soap opera - in Inner Mongolia, that is.
- 63Boston GlobeBoston GlobeThe 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.
- 60Village VoiceVillage VoiceWang's vision is preferable to the esoteric chic of "Khadak," but the Chinese director still maintains an emotional remove from his subject.
- 50VarietyDerek ElleyVarietyDerek ElleyMainland helmer Wang Quanan and his regular lead actress, Yu Nan, tread on largely familiar ground in Tuya's Marriage.