Borserie
it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.
Megamind
To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.
Ariella Broughton
It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.
Lidia Draper
Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.
jwyliejr
Not for those with short attention spans, this movie builds its characters slowly and methodically, with attention to telling visual detail and realistic dialog. Nevertheless, it's a very sexy movie, though not in a lurid sense. Even its most melodramatic elements are so well-grounded that nothing comes off gimmicky or cheap, and its shot-on-video photography is utilized intelligently and intuitively, with a surprisingly broad pallet of colors and textures. With such an overall understated tone, it's easy, on first viewing, to not notice the movie's technical suppleness. Forget the ethnic makeup of its cast, or its low-budget market niche. This is a masterpiece of character study and adept film-making.
docmaker-2
Not only does this film capture the subtle dynamics of four intertwined people in intimate relationships, but it is ground-breaking in revealing the cultural context of Los Angeles based Asian-Americans. The acting and directing are superb...and the DVD Q&A with Roger Ebert is worth a look.What a pleasure to watch this film!
Caitlin
I caught this on IFC awhile ago, and I was rather hooked (the main reason at first was the title---The Cure is the best ^^). The conversations are interesting and the subtle relationships that build up; the way you can sort of tell what the characters are feeling is a really unique and rare thing in films. In fact it's more of a study of how people are than a movie. It also features one of the single greatest sex scenes ever in cinematic history (without any nudity at all!), revealing its sensual side. I definitely recommend this to anyone feeling up to some thinking.
rxw
spoilers ahead:at the time of this film's release, we can't get away from the stereotypes. so the director/writer/actors are trying to recognize the stereotypes and make a movie that's aware of them. whether you think he's trying to perpetrate a myth that asian men can't get laid (byler is quick to point out that matt westmore is half asian) or explode it would probably be a matter of your temperament.byler doesn't do anything new with film grammar, or words. however, he's made something that he wanted to make (he said as much when I asked at a q&a session), so good or bad, we saw what he visualized inside his head.I think the essential problem with the film is that byler needs to improve his technique -- he's got a story to tell here, he just doesn't tell it very clearly. sure, sometimes ambiguity is the aim, but in this film's case, "wistful" and "wry" can be misinterpreted.charlotte sometimes is worth watching, but it's nothing new.
