Avis Metacritic

A highly emotional epic about what it means to be both Chinese and American.

Like a flowering of talent that has been waiting so long to be celebrated. It is also one of the most touching and moving of the year's films.

Those unfamiliar with the book will simply appreciate a stirring, many-sided fable, one that is exceptionally well told.

Wang has made a dramatically confident move into the mainstream on his own terms with highly congenial material.

Hits hardest when it bypasses sentiment to ponder the inextricable mix of love and pain that comes with the ties that bind.

Gives refreshing -- and bittersweet -- dimension to the age-old clash between generations.

Fascinating and satisfying the way the diverse threads are knitted together into a single tapestry.

Pierces through your tear ducts in its ultimate path toward your heart.

Pure melodrama, but stylishly done, with finely tuned performances played out against meticulously realized settings.

A sumptuous two-and-a-quarter-hour emotional epic built on one lachrymose climax after another. What little plot there is exists only to set up the next Big Cry.