Rotten
In Yen Tan's glacially paced movie (every shot is relentlessly symmetrical), the actors are squares in graph-paper compositions.
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
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Ciao
Overview
A man learns that his late friend had a secret online lover who is on the way from Italy.
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25%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Yen Tan's Ciao is a revelation, a minimalist work of maximum effect. It is determinedly understated and consistently expressive, beautifully composed yet never studied.
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
It's made on the smallest of budgets and features awkward if sincere performances, yet Yen Tan's film still manages to strike a series of plangent emotional truths about speaking one's heart and moving on.
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Rotten
Ciao moves at a snail's pace. It feels long even at its abbreviated length.
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
The story is so minimal that it almost doesn't exist.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
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