The structuring allegory's invocation of familial bonds and immigrant burdens grows stilted: It doesn't collapse this delicate film, but it can't quite hold it up, either.
– Michelle Orange,
Village Voice,
25 Jan 2011
rotten:
Had the curtain come down 10 minutes sooner, it would have done so with a satisfying thump instead of a soggy swish.
– Jeannette Catsoulis,
New York Times,
27 Jan 2011
rotten:
This may be the first film ever made about the seething rage of the disenfranchised that succeeds in lulling you to sleep.