May 10, 2002
Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter
Rene Liu,
Huang Lei,
Yin Chiao-the,
Li-jen Tai,
Ah Lei Gua
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A woman discovers unexpected rivals for the affections of her fiancée in this drama from Taiwan set in the 1930s and 1940s. Hsu Shaodong (Huang Lei) is a gifted classical musician who is pledged to ma... read more
DVD Release Date: May 8, 2003
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May 3, 2002
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
An overwrought Taiwanese soaper about three people and their mixed-up relationship.
May 3, 2002
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
An exquisite love story directed with admirable subtlety and sensitivity by Li-kong Hsu and Chi Yin from a superb script by Hui-ling Wang and Ming-xia Wang. Full Review
May 2, 2002
Jessica Winter, Village Voice
This dreadfully earnest inversion of the Concubine love triangle eschews the previous film's historical panorama and roiling pathos for bug-eyed mugging and gay-niche condescension. Full Review
May 2, 2002
Elvis Mitchell, New York Times
It's a square, sentimental drama that satisfies, as comfort food often can. Full Review
May 3, 2002
Jordan Reed, Boxoffice Magazine
[Lin Chung's] voice is rather unexceptional, even irritating (at least to this Western ear), making it awfully hard to buy the impetus for the complicated love triangle that develops between the three... Full Review
May 3, 2002
Chuck Wilson, L.A. Weekly
[Liu's] artistry deepens here, as Ing'er grows from overeager girl to knowing woman, one whose dilemma is as vexing as any she heard sung from the stage of her father's opera house. Full Review
May 3, 2002
David Noh, Film Journal International
The film makes a tragic error by going on for too long, trying to mirror every subsequent event in Chinese history: war, revolution, Communism, etc. Full Review
May 2, 2002
Ken Fox, TV Guide's Movie Guide
The film has the courage of its convictions and excellent performances on its side. Full Review
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