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Stephen Holden, New York Times: It is the unusual film comedy in which the humor springs as much from character as from situation. Read more
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: A very adroit and entertaining social comedy. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: The Wedding Banquet never becomes bogged down by its own seriousness. Lee manages to keep the production buoyant by including scenes that are often riotously funny. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The Wedding Banquet does take some of the same delight in constructing a comedy of misunderstandings and deceptions. But the movie also has a warm heart, and by the end somehow manages to become very moving. Read more
Geoff Andrew, Time Out: Never patronising his characters, Ang Lee combines comedy, both subtle and raucous, with acute social asides. Read more
Variety Staff, Variety: Most of this is smoothly done and scripted with plenty of incident. Read more
Joe Brown, Washington Post: Ang's elegantly orchestrated farce is generous with hilarious moments. Read more
Megan Rosenfeld, Washington Post: A sweet, perceptive story about the cost of deception and the power of family rituals. Read more