Face (2005)
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52% of critics liked it
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52% of users liked it
(385 ratings)
Three generations of Chinese women attempt to reconcile the cultural chasm between their traditional heritage and the everyday influences of life in America. Finding herself pregnant, career girl Kim was forced into an unhappy marriage in the late 70s. But Kim decided to flee, leaving her infant… More Three generations of Chinese women attempt to reconcile the cultural chasm between their traditional heritage and the everyday influences of life in America. Finding herself pregnant, career girl Kim was forced into an unhappy marriage in the late 70s. But Kim decided to flee, leaving her infant daughter in her mother's care. Now, year's later, she returns to find her independent daughter Genie involved in a relationship with black DJ Michael, causing controversy.
- Directed By
- Bertha Bay-Sa Pan
- Written By
- Bertha Bay-Sa Pan, Oren Moverman
- Genres
- Drama
R,
- In Theaters
- Mar 18, 2005 Limited
- Studio
- Indican Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Michael Booth, Denver Post
By the end of Face, we've been drawn deep into the battle for both communal support and individual freedom that marks the progress of so many ethnic groups in America.
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Kerry Lengel, Arizona Republic
With no access to these women's inner selves, we are left wanting at least a fuller portrait of their outer lives, some way to infer the meaning that the film declines to provide.
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Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Ling, delicate and haunted, and Wu, a real spitfire, make their reconciliation sting as much as it soothes.
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Lisa Rose, Newark Star-Ledger
A film with visual flair, musical inspiration and dramatic gravity. From the top to the bottom of the cast list, there are performances rich in detail and intelligence.
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Russell Scott Smith, New York Post
It's a tale worth telling again -- especially if you feel the material as strongly as recent Columbia film-school grad Bertha Bay-Sa Pan seems to.
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