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Reviews Counted:23
Fresh:12
Rotten:11
Average Rating:5.7/10
Theatrical Release:Mar 4, 2005 Limited
Synopsis: Bertha Bay-Sa Pan's directorial debut is an ambitious drama that tells an ultimately uplifting story about the importance of family and the role it plays in shaping a child's life. Genie (Kristy... [More]
There's something especially frustrating about small, personal independent movies that adhere to the stodgy conventions of small, personal, independent movies as if compelled by a cadre of militant MFA candidates.
Top CriticThe story's conflicts between modern and traditional attitudes, family and independence feel like familiar fodder, and the pedestrian approach fails to inject much freshness into the material.
Well made, nice performances, very slowly paced.
Too slight in realization and trite in characterization to work as it might have.
Feels like the stretched-out short student film that it is.
A sincere but superficial version of a familiar story.
Top CriticWith no access to these women's inner selves, we are left wanting at least a fuller portrait of their outer lives, some way to infer the meaning that the film declines to provide.
Top CriticThe movie never really finds a fresh groove.
the director seems all too cognizant of her pedestrian script’s inability to express more than superficial pathos
The performances are almost enough to overcome the story’s essential inertness.
A picture to admire even if not quite one to recommend.
Bertha Bay-Sa Pan gets good performances -- notably from Ling, who convincingly evolves from mixed-up coed to successful businesswoman.
Face is a film of considerable charm and warmth, even if the material sometimes feels well worn.
It is an emotional and rewarding film for anyone who's ever struggled to find their place in their family and the world.
A meditation on the conflict between family loyalties and personal ambition, Face ... can feel slight on a first viewing. But ... it is likely to remain in your head long afterward.
It is the best performance of [Ling's] eclectic international career, and it raises the level of this otherwise competently made movie to something more special.
[Pan's] actors are exceptional.
Top CriticA film with visual flair, musical inspiration and dramatic gravity. From the top to the bottom of the cast list, there are performances rich in detail and intelligence.
Top CriticNew Jersey-born, Taiwan-raised director/cowriter Bay-Sa Pan gives the conflict a culturally particular spin and elicits strong performances from her appealing cast.
By the end of Face, we've been drawn deep into the battle for both communal support and individual freedom that marks the progress of so many ethnic groups in America.
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