The incomplete storylines really do a disservice to Horse's fascinating characters and to those of us watching who feel like part of the family.
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09/26/07
Eve and the Fire Horse (2006)
83 %
Reviews Counted: 12 Fresh: 10 Rotten:2 Average Rating: 7.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Synopsis: Eve & the Fire Horse follows two young sisters, Eve and Karena, as they attempt to reverse a series of misfortunes that have befallen their family. It all starts when their mother, played by Vivian Wu, chops down an apple tree in their backyard, a Chinese taboo that sets off a series of tragic... [More]
Director: Julia Kwan
Reviews
1 - 12 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
At times Eve plays like an unshaped memoir. What makes the film almost satisfying is that [director] Kwan has given us a charming and lovingly realized world. But halfway is still only halfway.
07/06/07
Both a finely wrought period piece and a slice of delicately captured childhood.
06/20/07
Top Critic
The script's wry humour and Kwan's sure touch with her cast save it from becoming too sombre or too sentimental. In fact, she's created something rare: a family movie that makes keen observations about family life.
06/20/07
The beliefs of children are so absolute and pure, from the dreadful feeling that they can be responsible for a death to the joy of believing a statue can come to life at night and goldfish can sing opera.
04/24/06
A remarkably good-natured and gentle film about spirituality's place in a family's life.
02/03/06
An endearing memoir of childhood and of a certain time and place of innocence.
01/27/06
Eve and the Fire Horse is an ambitious feature-length debut from Julie Kwan, which demonstrates her directing skill when it comes to actors.
01/24/06
Kwan has an astonishingly introspective eye for detail, and a nurturing quality.
01/24/06
While the Catholic lore in this film may be wonky, the relationship between the young Chinese-Canadian sisters who try on Catholicism in a bid to safeguard their family is bang-on.
09/10/05
Eve & the Fire Horse has a kind of poetry that lifts it above the typical drama of immigrant life and gives [Kwan's] characters a lasting poignancy.
09/10/05
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