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Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: Celebrates a beauty and heroism around us that we often miss in both our movies and our lives. Read more
Susan Stark, Detroit News: A layered, delicately but surely romantic tribute to the simplicity and grace of a bygone era. Read more
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: This is a film that rescues love from the world of cliche and treats it with the awakening passion it deserves. Read more
Bruce Newman, San Jose Mercury News: The Road Home yields its pleasures slowly, opening in wintry black and white before ripening into a miracle. Read more
Stephen Holden, New York Times: Ms. Zhang's intensely concentrated performance conveys a current of stubborn, obsessive passion lurking behind Di's girlish wide-eyed innocence. Read more
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: The film is also a showcase for Zhang Ziyi, who is never less than enchanting. Read more
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: The film is laced with gentle humor, and its simple story is built on a sure foundation of humaneness. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: A gentle, engaging narrative of constancy and devotion against all odds. Read more
Jan Stuart, Newsday: A moving love story that is as simple in its narrative gestures as it is rich in color composition. Read more
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Christy Lemire, Journal News (Westchester, NY): It works. It feels like a slice of life. Read more
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Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle: Zhang brings to it his masterly gift for visual composition. Read more
Mike Clark, USA Today: Zhang Ziyi proves in her film debut what a powerhouse force she is on-screen. Read more
Jessica Winter, Village Voice: Yimou's strongest films always doubled as valentines to the porcelain face of former muse Gong Li, but here, reiterative beauty-worship is something of an end in itself. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Zhang Yimou focuses so frequently on Ziyi's face in extreme close-up that she sticks like a daguerreotype to your retina -- and then your heart. Read more
Rita Kempley, Washington Post: Of course, the past always looks better in retrospect, especially to those who have never done without indoor plumbing. Read more