Red Obsession 2013

Nicole Herrington, New York Times: The movie raises legitimate concerns about the cultural and economic implications of status-minded overconsumption. Read more

Nick Schager, AV Club: A concise portrait of not only the historic Bordeaux region of France, but also of the way its business has been impacted-for good and ill-by China's emergence as a superpower. Read more

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: "Red Obsession" gains interest as it delineates how the production and sale of first-growth Bordeaux has become the biggest of businesses and how the Chinese may or may not fit into the picture. Read more

Jordan Hoffman, New York Daily News: [a] probing, fascinating documentary Read more

Linda Barnard, Toronto Star: Despite being a rather thin, by-the-books documentary that abruptly changes course at the halfway mark, Red Obsession tells a fascinating financial tale about the rise of "wine fever" in China. Read more

Keith Uhlich, Time Out: The reliance on talking-head testimonials leaves a weak aftertaste. Read more

Pete Vonder Haar, Village Voice: The doc affords us a look into a world rarely seen by the lumpenproletariat ... Read more