65
Metascore
28 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Film ThreatEric CamposFilm ThreatEric CamposThought provoking and brimming with charm, match that with an infectious sense of humor and outstanding performances.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterA juicy Chinese-American romance about preserving "face" at the sacrifice of your whole being. This Sony Pictures Classics release is a comic gem.
- 75Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittNicely acted.
- 70VarietyDavid RooneyVarietyDavid RooneyThe film's appealing characters and amusing situations prevail over its general shortage of energy.
- 70Los Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoLos Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoAlice Wu's debut film is so deft, natural and exquisitely specific, it feels fresh.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe writer-director, Alice Wu, fudges a lot of the basics -- I never believed the heroine was really a physician -- but the final, proudly public girl-on-girl smooch still jerks a tear.
- 60L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonL.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonIn her charming debut feature, writer-director Alice Wu works hard to sidestep both pathos and antic comedy, an admirable ambition that makes for a relentlessly low-key film that nonetheless builds to a third act rich in surprising turns of character.
- 60The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenEverything that happens in the last half-hour betrays the canny, hardheaded perspective of what came before.
- 50Village VoiceEd ParkVillage VoiceEd ParkDespite a fairly explicit lesbian boobfest (projected attendance just went up!), the film is more good-natured than provocative.
- 40The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe umpteenth variation on second-generation American immigrants bucking the traditions of their first-generation elders.