Baiyin diguo 2009

Critics score:
53 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: [A] weirdly engaging tale of banking and bad behavior... Read more

Tom Keogh, Seattle Times: What, if anything, the film's final burst of idealism offers universally is hard to say. But it feels good to see in these acrimonious days. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Makes for unwieldy melodrama, rather than the enthralling epic it might have been. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: Though written too broadly to serve as the powerful allegorical tale writer/director Christina Yao intends, this historical epic is just compelling enough to be taken on its own terms. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Epic in sweep and scale and packs in enough incident to cover two "Godfather" movies. Read more

Michael Atkinson, Village Voice: It's decent, exoticized pulp with a porcelain veneer, and should be consumed idly. Read more

Mark Jenkins, Washington Post: Occasionally muddled and always melodramatic, yet it's pictorially compelling, thanks to dramatic locations and exacting art direction. Read more