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15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanTian's movie seems to be among the finest expressions of the Chinese new wave.
- 100Los Angeles TimesManohla DargisLos Angeles TimesManohla DargisFor Tian, who was banned from directing by Chinese authorities for a decade, it marks a triumphant return; for those who have loved the filmmaker's work in the past, few resurrections have seemed as welcome.
- 90VarietyDavid StrattonVarietyDavid StrattonExquisitely made love story.
- 90L.A. WeeklyScott FoundasL.A. WeeklyScott FoundasSimply put, it represents the work of a filmmaker so exhilaratingly in command of his craft that he can, among other things, turn a single image of two people standing next to each other -- fully clothed, their bodies not quite touching -- into one of the most sublimely erotic moments we have ever beheld on the screen.
- 88New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoCan be summed up in one word: style.
- 83Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThere's a painterly translucence to this ''Springtime,'' and a mystery, too; each frame is as delicately poised and lit as a Vermeer portrait of a woman, beckoning but unknowable.
- 80The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenAs Mark Li Ping-bing's beautiful cinematography observes the change of season, the movie becomes a broader meditation on rebirth, and how, in the language of T. S. Eliot, April, the month that stirs such hopes for the future, is also "the cruellest month" for awakening such keen desire.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterShould please art house buffs across the board. Connoisseurs of Chinese film will be pleased to discover that Tian's meticulous talent has not withered during his enforced hiatus. Moviegoers who like their visions of China rarefied and past tense will delight in the careful period setting.
- 70TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxA beautiful, slow-motion melodrama.
- 70The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasHas the suffocating intensity of great chamber drama.