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By Xavier G (147) on 10 Nov 2008

I haven't seen the original version of this movie…

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By Amrita S (106) on 09 Nov 2008

A lovely movie that combines french and asian cultures... ending was a bit confusing though…

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By Chris B (2,902) on 08 Nov 2008

More of a homoge then an actual remake, this is one of Hou most tender films…

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By Chris W (2,796) on 05 Nov 2008

A love letter to Albert Lamorisse's Le Ballon Rouge from Hou Hsiao-hsien, Flight of the Red Balloon is a film of simple pleasures and offers…

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By Nada T (37) on 22 Oct 2008

Red Balloon is visual poetry, aided by complex photography, warm lighting and deliberate pacing…

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By Stuart Klawans (282) for The Nation (355) on 17 Oct 2008

As if playing a serenely refined game, Hou transforms constraint into freedom -- which feels more to the point than any plotbound interpretation…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 17 Oct 2008

Binoche's energy, invention and concentration are phenomenal…

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By Jason L (914) on 04 Oct 2008

Saw this over the summer (better late than never) while trying to keep myself entertained during an almost interminable flight…

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By Mimosa L (2) on 28 Sep 2008

It is a very Hou Hsiao-Hsien moive...very slow and light…

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By Dennis C (121) on 27 Sep 2008

If you're looking for a movie that embraces you into the story without much effort and without any fancy visual/sound effect, Hou Hsiao-hsien's…

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By Hi H (75) on 27 Sep 2008

Haziest of recently produced Euro films. That slow mood based visual poetry can get a little dull. Moments of genius. Worth a watch…

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By Helen B (206) on 23 Sep 2008

Nothing much happens, but it doesn't need to - just beautiful…

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By Elisha L (3) on 22 Sep 2008

The actors are so great inside. However, the movie seems not really express what the director want to, nor strong enough to…

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By Quiche E (68) on 14 Sep 2008

Juliette Binoche y est formidable dans ce role de mere pressee... Hou Hsiao-Hsien j'aime ton cinema…

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By Canem C (112) on 04 Sep 2008

Hou Hsiao Hsien's Flight of the Red Balloon will be called many things: A piece of art A tribute to the 1956 classic short (which I fondly…

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By Rob Thomas (1,118) for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (875) on 03 Sep 2008

The question is whether it really makes sense to turn Lamorisse's fanciful original film into a downer family drama; it's sort of like doing…

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By Andreya E (19) on 26 Aug 2008

I don't know where to begin about this movie. There are a few things I admired about it…

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By Nikki W (222) on 24 Aug 2008

They showed way too much balloon…

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By Sabina Z (51) on 23 Aug 2008

Nice idea but the story just goes nowhere and to get nowhere, it moves slower than a 2 legged turtle…

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By Andrew F (1,053) on 16 Aug 2008

A typical Hsiao-hsien Hou's style- in addition to its long length, abundant unedited (static) long shots; all the story progression, characters…

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