December 16, 2007
Great film!
Ling Bai,
Kristy Wu,
Kieu Chinh,
Anthony 'Treach' Criss,
Will Yun Lee
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Three generations of Chinese women attempt to reconcile the cultural chasm between their traditional heritage and the everyday influences of life in America. Finding herself pregnant, career girl Kim ... read more
DVD Release Date: February 7, 2006
Stats: 28 reviews
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July 29, 2005
Michael Booth, Denver Post
May 12, 2005
Kerry Lengel, Arizona Republic
With no access to these women's inner selves, we are left wanting at least a fuller portrait of their outer lives, some way to infer the meaning that the film declines to provide. Full Review
April 6, 2005
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Ling, delicate and haunted, and Wu, a real spitfire, make their reconciliation sting as much as it soothes. Full Review
March 18, 2005
Lisa Rose, Newark Star-Ledger
A film with visual flair, musical inspiration and dramatic gravity. From the top to the bottom of the cast list, there are performances rich in detail and intelligence. Full Review
March 18, 2005
Russell Scott Smith, New York Post
It's a tale worth telling again -- especially if you feel the material as strongly as recent Columbia film-school grad Bertha Bay-Sa Pan seems to.
March 18, 2005
Jami Bernard, New York Daily News
A sincere but superficial version of a familiar story. Full Review
March 17, 2005
Dana Stevens, New York Times
A meditation on the conflict between family loyalties and personal ambition, Face ... can feel slight on a first viewing. But ... it is likely to remain in your head long afterward. Full Review
March 15, 2005
Laura Sinagra, Village Voice
The movie never really finds a fresh groove. Full Review
March 3, 2005
Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times
There's something especially frustrating about small, personal independent movies that adhere to the stodgy conventions of small, personal, independent movies as if compelled by a cadre of militant MF... Full Review
March 3, 2005
David Rooney, Variety
The story's conflicts between modern and traditional attitudes, family and independence feel like familiar fodder, and the pedestrian approach fails to inject much freshness into the material. Full Review
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