“None of it is very compelling, thanks in large part to Hong’s painfully perfunctory camera style.”

“If something smells false at all, it’s the structure.”

“…the point at which Kubrick’s black humor crosses over into blatant parody.”

“…reaches for the stars and finds itself, against all odds, on the other side of them.”

“…evanescence is the movie’s most distinguishing characteristic.”

“…may very well suffer from mismatched sensibilities.”

A work of Wong Kar-wai fan fiction, at best. One of self parody, at worst.

“…takes tragedies that have inflamed a nation – from Fruitvale to Sanford, Fla. – and brings them back down to human scale.”

“…a remarkably precise portrait of a certain sort of high schooler.”

“Tennessee Williams filled the tinderbox. Marlon Brando ignited it.”