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18 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90TimeRichard CorlissTimeRichard CorlissWhatever city this one is showing in...move there.
- 90Film.comPeter BrunetteFilm.comPeter BrunetteA delight to the eye, ear, and mind
- 80Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonA Chinese film whose simple surface belies greater mysteries.
- 80VarietyVarietyA compelling story of love and obsession whose progress mirrors the sinuous flow of the Shanghai waterway that supplies its title.
- 80Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranDaring and edgy, it's a German co-production (critical for avoiding censorship) that's filled with the intoxicating excitement of creating images for the screen.
- 75San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackSan Francisco ChroniclePeter StackThe film is energized by the naturalness of its characters and the way in which it plays a game of mixed signals and double illusions.
- 75Miami HeraldMiami HeraldDeliciously confusing.
- 75New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickThis intriguing film is the best variation on "Vertigo" since Brian DePalma's far more polished "Obsession" (1976), which ranks with the best Hitchcock knockoffs of all time.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanHas more atmosphere than it does coherence; it's a series of floating tricks and gambits in search of a resolution. Even so, Ye's ''Vertigo'' fever is contagious.
- 50Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanA ghost story that's shot as though it were a documentary -- and a documentary that feels like a dream. Almost too fashionable for its own good.