Spring Fever (2009)

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Some of it hits home, raw and emotional. Other sequences (a karaoke scene, moony shots of Nanjing) thrum with a tender melancholy. Most of it, though, is boring, nonsensical and off-puttingly convinced of its own worth.

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05/15/09

Jamie Graham

Total Film

Lou, helped by Zeng Jian’s striking camerawork, captures very well the mood of drift and fragmentation in modern-day urban China. Compelling and messy in equal measure, it’s a cine-letter to the future.

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05/15/09

Sukhdev Sandhu

Daily Telegraph

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We’re supposed to feel some kind of infinite sadness about our existential loneliness and vulnerability; but what I felt, despite a scattering of strong scenes, was a growing impatience both with the characters and the trite message.

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05/15/09

Geoff Andrew

Time Out

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Director Lou Ye, aided by Zeng Jian’s astonishing camerawork, manages to hit a poignant note with floral imagery in Spring Fever.

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05/14/09

Howard Feinstein

Screen International

I think there’s meant to be a tender love story buried somewhere in all this remote melodrama, but none of the five major characters makes the slightest impression.

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05/16/09

Mike D'Angelo

AV Club

This overlong and very Euro-flavored “Spring” won’t make many B.O. wickets bloom.

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05/15/09

Derek Elley

Variety

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This film is a considerable improvement as it generates intensity through the extreme intimacy among its minimalist cast.

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05/15/09

Maggie Lee

Hollywood Reporter

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