Ruang rak noi nid mahasan 2003

Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times: It's an offbeat romance that defies easy labeling, recommendable as a film buff's pleasure and a semi-audacious art-house curio. Read more

G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle: The film has a precise, slow pace that allows us to get to know these quiet, quirky characters, and an imaginatively experimental approach to their thoughts and dreams. Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: There is some lovely filmmaking here, and nice surprises. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: The Thai locales, the stars and Doyle's expressive cinematography add up to a disarmingly seductive yet always precarious film experience. Read more

Michael Booth, Denver Post: An absorbing series of intricately planned shots that play like installation art at a modern museum. Read more

Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly: A brilliantly atmospheric, sweetly nutty film. Read more

John Anderson, Newsday: A sort of magic-realist Thai version of Lost in Translation, Last Life in the Universe is of the unlikely romance school of comedy, at once despairingly glib and buoyantly dark. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: The mildly surreal drama doesn't always make sense, but it sure does look great. Read more

Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: [Reflects] the growing interpenetration of many individual national cinemas into a cultural conglomerate that reflects the irresistible tide of cinematic globalization. Read more

V.A. Musetto, New York Post: Directed by the talented Pen-ek Ratanaruang in a deadpan style that would be approved by Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismaki, the master of deadpan. Read more

Stephen Holden, New York Times: Allusive, and enigmatic, this Thai film is a wistful mood piece whose contemplative tone is periodically punctured with eruptions of violence. Read more

Charles Taylor, Salon.com: The closest thing to entering a dream state at the movies right now is watching Last Life in the Universe. Read more

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Jessica Winter, Village Voice: Cheeky and elusive, Last Life in the Universe inhabits a high-lonesome world unto itself, a bright daydream that dissipates in the aching gap of a missed connection. Read more