Ren xiao yao 2002

Elvis Mitchell, New York Times: Perhaps the world doesn't need another picture on disaffected youth, but Pleasures is about more than alienation. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: [Director Zhang-ke] Jia's virtuoso long takes, choreographed mise en scene, and feeling for character and behavior place him in a class by himself. Read more

C.W. Nevius, San Francisco Chronicle: Too much is left unsaid. Read more

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Read more

Time Out: Lays bare the tao of contemporary China, like a doctor taking a pulse. Read more

David Rooney, Variety: Jia creates some poignant images to convey key transitions in the characters' lives. Read more

J. Hoberman, Village Voice: May be Jia's most concentrated evocation of contemporary China's spiritual malaise. Read more