Click to read the article
Comment
06/06/08
Platform (2000)
79 %
Tomatometer
How does the Tomatometer work 
Reviews Counted: 19
Fresh: 15
Rotten:4
Average Rating: 6.7/10
Theatrical Release:Mar 14, 2003 Limited
Synopsis: Examining the transition in 1980s China away from Maoism and socialism and towards commercialism, Westernization, and popular culture, PLATFORM comes from director Jia Zhang Ke. The film follows a... [More]
Starring: Hong Wei Wang, Jing dong Liang, Tiang Yi Yang, Tao Zhao
Director: Zhang Ke Jia
Get This Movie
Reviews for Platform
Top CriticClick to read the article
12/30/06
Click to read the article
12/06/05
Tells a specifically Chinese story, and yet it does so in a completely universal way.
09/23/05
Impressive though slow moving epic.
08/05/05
A laconic portrait of a remote Chinese city in arrested development.
05/23/04
Click to read the article
03/24/04
Click to read the article
12/15/03
No review available.
12/01/03
'The Wait Seems Never-Ending,' is how the title song from Platform goes, and the 155-minute film surely tries one's patience, but the end (which does finally come) is almost worth that wait.
10/21/03
Click to read the article
10/02/03
More meaningful to a Chinese audience than an American one.
03/18/03
Comatose is the operative word here.
03/16/03
Awesome filmmaking.
03/14/03
Top CriticA small masterpiece of exquisitely subtle filmmaking.
03/13/03
The play of the proscenium against the filmmaker's taste for unmediated reality is fascinating.
03/11/03
Top CriticClick to read the article
08/20/02
Click to read the article
08/06/02
Pleasingly ambivalent towards the impact of historical forces on ordinary lives.
08/05/02
With its long, patient scenes, Jia's film captures the sleepy rhythms of this town and the confusion of these young people who are constrained by cultural forces far beyond their ken.
06/18/02
Related Forums for Platform
RT On Current TV
What’s Hot On RT
Fresh Links
Featured
Point-Counterpoint: Bruno 
MSN's David Fear and Frank Paiva go head to head discussing the pros and cons of Bruno star Sacha Baron Cohen.
The New Cult Canon
The AV Club's Scott Tobias takes a second look at David Lynch's cult classic, Lost Highway.
Tom Cruise's 10 Best Roles
TIME takes us on a 25-year long journey into the superstar's career, giving us a look at his 10 best roles.
A Baywatch Comedy?
BuzzSugar reports on Paramount's plans to rebirth the iconic TV show as a comedy film.
IGN RSS Feeds