Hsiao-Kang, now working as an adult movie actor, meets Shiang-chyi once again. Meanwhile, the city of Taipei faces a water shortage that makes the sales of watermelons skyrocket.
A witty, insightful and typically idiosyncratic continuation of Tsai's earlier features.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
rotten:
Tsai's emptied-out aesthetic has never felt so empty, his mannerisms so pointlessly mannered.
– Nathan Lee,
Village Voice,
20 Feb 2007
fresh:
The Taiwanese sex musical The Way ward Cloud is notable for its bizarre uses of watermelons. I won't give you the details because my editor would just cut them out.
– V.A. Musetto,
New York Post,
23 Feb 2007
rotten:
The Wayward Cloud offers one plausible moral: If life hands you watermelons, make love to them.
– A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
23 Feb 2007
fresh:
The film's meandering, surrealist-kissed, early scenes dance nicely in time with his urban protagonist's disconnected, existential malaise.