I think there’s meant to be a tender love story buried somewhere in all this remote melodrama, but none of the five major characters makes the slightest impression.
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05/16/09
Spring Fever (2009)
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Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:3
Rotten:4
Average Rating:4.5/10
Genre: Dramas
Reviews for Spring Fever
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Some of it hits home, raw and emotional. Other sequences (a karaoke scene, moony shots of Nanjing) thrum with a tender melancholy. Most of it, though, is boring, nonsensical and off-puttingly convinced of its own worth.
05/15/09
This overlong and very Euro-flavored “Spring” won’t make many B.O. wickets bloom.
05/15/09
Top CriticThis film is a considerable improvement as it generates intensity through the extreme intimacy among its minimalist cast.
05/15/09
Top CriticLou, helped by Zeng Jian’s striking camerawork, captures very well the mood of drift and fragmentation in modern-day urban China. Compelling and messy in equal measure, it’s a cine-letter to the future.
05/15/09
We’re supposed to feel some kind of infinite sadness about our existential loneliness and vulnerability; but what I felt, despite a scattering of strong scenes, was a growing impatience both with the characters and the trite message.
05/15/09
Director Lou Ye, aided by Zeng Jian’s astonishing camerawork, manages to hit a poignant note with floral imagery in Spring Fever.
05/14/09
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