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The Go Master (2006)

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Reviews Counted:14

Fresh:9

Rotten:5

Average Rating:6.1/10

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Chen Chang, Sylvia Chang

Starring: Chen Chang, Sylvia Chang

Director: Tian Zhuangzhuang

Director: Tian Zhuangzhuang

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Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
10/18/08
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

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.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
03/28/08
Andrew Pulver
Andrew Pulver
Guardian [UK]

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.

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
03/28/08
Jamie Russell
Jamie Russell
Total Film

This soporific stupor and final pinch of defeat is the experience that most fully equates with watching this film.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
03/28/08
Stella Papamichael
Stella Papamichael
BBC

Chang captures Wu’s dedication and respect for a game whose intricacies reflect the vicissitudes of his own life.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
03/27/08
David Parkinson
David Parkinson
Empire Magazine

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.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
03/26/08
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Channel 4 Film

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.

Full Review Source: Murphy's Movie Reviews | comment Comment
07/14/07
Ted Murphy
Ted Murphy
Murphy's Movie Reviews

One of the few pictures deserving of the description "visual poem."

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
07/04/07
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

Impressively shot in ’Scope, it’s a considerable achievement, possessed of a tranquil beauty and sagacity.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
03/17/07
Wally Hammond
Wally Hammond
Time Out

Under Tian Zhuangzhuang, one of China's leading directors, The Go Master unfolds as meditatively as a game of go.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
03/15/07
V.A. Musetto
V.A. Musetto
New York Post
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Tian 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.

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03/14/07
A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott
New York Times
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A deeply thoughtful biopic of a legendary gaming master.

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10/18/06
Richard James Havis
Richard James Havis
Hollywood Reporter
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More an example of fifth-gen pageantry than anything by Zhang or Chen.

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10/14/06
Keith Uhlich
Keith Uhlich
Slant Magazine

The film is structured as a series of tableaux with little connective tissue.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
10/14/06
Ronnie Scheib
Ronnie Scheib
Variety
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