Huang jin shi dai 2014

Critics score:
63 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times: Though it hasn't the sweep to be greater than the sum of its parts, the movie offers an absorbing mix of melodrama and historical detail. Read more

Richard Brody, New Yorker: Hui captures the romantic aura of Xiao's freethinking audacity and artistic vocation in poised, painterly shots that seem less like sites of action than like elusive memories. Read more

Mark Jenkins, NPR: Beautifully made and deftly performed ... Read more

Daniel M. Gold, New York Times: Overlong and too reverent, conveying little sense of Xiao Hong the person and even less of her talent. Read more

Emily Condon, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Sadly, the tale doesn't always keep pace with the ethereal aesthetic. Read more