Mua he chieu thang dung 2000

Marta Barber, Miami Herald: The film delights the eye and soothes the nerves. Read more

Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: Like all the best international cineastes, [Tran] puts us in another world. Read more

Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: This might just be the perfect time to soak up some of its calm and natural beauty. Read more

A.O. Scott, New York Times: Hung ... composes scenes of such delicate beauty that you almost want to climb into the frame. Read more

John Hartl, Seattle Times: Tran Anh Hung, who earned an Oscar nomination for his first movie, The Scent of Green Papaya (1993), has created another exquisite portrait of Vietnamese family life. Read more

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Gentle, ravishingly beautiful and awash in everyday sensuality. Read more

Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: The film's minimalism works against it. Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: What matters, Tran suggests, in this sensual still life of a story, are moments. Read more

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John Anderson, Newsday: [Tran's] portrait of a country not quite his own is a gesture of poetry and romanticized memory. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The Vertical Ray of Sun is beautiful, languorous, passive -- it plays like background music for itself. Read more

Wesley Morris, San Francisco Chronicle: Plays like a holy, erotic mood piece. Read more

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Mike Clark, USA Today: Tran is the kind of filmmaker who can find poetry in blowing curtains or in streets flooded by a cloudburst that always make bicycling a challenge. Read more

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J. Hoberman, Village Voice: A quietly busy melodrama, a lush reverie on disappointment. Read more