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10/18/08
The Go Master (2006)
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Reviews Counted:14
Fresh:9
Rotten:5
Average Rating:6.1/10
Genre: Dramas
Reviews for The Go Master
1 - 14 (sorted by date)
With no attempt made to even explain the basic rules of Go, this is essentially a study of forehead-kneading concentration, of how to shut out even the most tempestuous of world events.
03/28/08
The rapturous camerawork and Chang Chen's performance as Wu both delight, but there's little insight into what makes a game about white and black pebbles so utterly absorbing.
03/28/08
This soporific stupor and final pinch of defeat is the experience that most fully equates with watching this film.
03/28/08
Chang captures Wu’s dedication and respect for a game whose intricacies reflect the vicissitudes of his own life.
03/27/08
Featuring a game whose practitioners cultivate friendships rather than rivalries, in a time and a place where conflict was otherwise all too easy to find, The Go Master is a biopic of rare subtlety, delicacy and stillness.
03/26/08
As the subject for a film biography, there would seem to be a great deal of material there, but screenwriter Ah Cheng and director Tian Zhuangzhuang make a botch of it.
07/14/07
One of the few pictures deserving of the description "visual poem."
07/04/07
Impressively shot in ’Scope, it’s a considerable achievement, possessed of a tranquil beauty and sagacity.
03/17/07
Under Tian Zhuangzhuang, one of China's leading directors, The Go Master unfolds as meditatively as a game of go.
03/15/07
Top CriticTian Zhuangzhuang's biopic is a stately and respectful reflection on the life of Wu Qingyuan, one of the 20th century's top players of go, a Japanese game said to rival chess in complexity.
03/14/07
Top CriticA deeply thoughtful biopic of a legendary gaming master.
10/18/06
Top CriticMore an example of fifth-gen pageantry than anything by Zhang or Chen.
10/14/06
The film is structured as a series of tableaux with little connective tissue.
10/14/06
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