Hsi yen 1993

Critics score:
96 / 100

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Stephen Holden, New York Times: It is the unusual film comedy in which the humor springs as much from character as from situation. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: A very adroit and entertaining social comedy. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: The Wedding Banquet never becomes bogged down by its own seriousness. Lee manages to keep the production buoyant by including scenes that are often riotously funny. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The Wedding Banquet does take some of the same delight in constructing a comedy of misunderstandings and deceptions. But the movie also has a warm heart, and by the end somehow manages to become very moving. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: Never patronising his characters, Ang Lee combines comedy, both subtle and raucous, with acute social asides. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Most of this is smoothly done and scripted with plenty of incident. Read more

Joe Brown, Washington Post: Ang's elegantly orchestrated farce is generous with hilarious moments. Read more

Megan Rosenfeld, Washington Post: A sweet, perceptive story about the cost of deception and the power of family rituals. Read more