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Angels Wear White can be uncomfortable viewing, but its grim subject matter is balanced by a smartly constructed story elevated by powerful acting.
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Shooting largely with a handheld camera, Qu generates a jittery energy that makes the characters' stress palpable. This feeling escalates as the investigation closes in. Jun 27, 2018 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Shooting largely with a handheld camera, Qu generates a jittery energy that makes the characters' stress palpable. This feeling escalates as the investigation closes in.
Ben Sachs
Qu fleshes out her characters to expose the societal and familial pressures that tend to limit options for females. May 31, 2018 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Qu fleshes out her characters to expose the societal and familial pressures that tend to limit options for females.
G. Allen Johnson
In its perceptions and mood, "Angels Wear White" plays like acutely serious female noir. May 17, 2018 | Full Review…
In its perceptions and mood, "Angels Wear White" plays like acutely serious female noir.
Robert Abele
A tough and unsparing drama that vividly brings to light the kind of narrative too many people have endured over the years. May 4, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
A tough and unsparing drama that vividly brings to light the kind of narrative too many people have endured over the years.
Peter Sobczynski
This all sounds grim, and it is. But the story grabs you. Ms. Qu shoots the sturdily constructed scenario with unshowy sharpness. May 3, 2018 | Full Review…
This all sounds grim, and it is. But the story grabs you. Ms. Qu shoots the sturdily constructed scenario with unshowy sharpness.
Glenn Kenny
Qu unpacks much that matters in Angels Wear White, including the abuse of power and importance of status and wealth in Chinese society, but her most thoughtful, nuanced observations involve female sexuality. May 2, 2018 | Full Review…
Qu unpacks much that matters in Angels Wear White, including the abuse of power and importance of status and wealth in Chinese society, but her most thoughtful, nuanced observations involve female sexuality.
Serena Donadoni
Heartbreaking and rousing in equal measure, it is simply not possible to watch without feeling incentivised to act. A film that lingers in the mind. Feb 21, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Heartbreaking and rousing in equal measure, it is simply not possible to watch without feeling incentivised to act. A film that lingers in the mind.
Danielle Davenport
Using the powerful symbol of the Monroe edifice throughout the film, and an apparently non-threatening seaside location, Qu has made a harsh feminist critique of present-day-on-the-surface-modern China's endemic attitudes towards women. Oct 17, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Using the powerful symbol of the Monroe edifice throughout the film, and an apparently non-threatening seaside location, Qu has made a harsh feminist critique of present-day-on-the-surface-modern China's endemic attitudes towards women.
Alexa Dalby
...a fast-paced, beautifully-shot thriller set in contemporary China, and a film that would be well worth seeing even if the subject matter were not so timely. Oct 11, 2018 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…
...a fast-paced, beautifully-shot thriller set in contemporary China, and a film that would be well worth seeing even if the subject matter were not so timely.
Sarah Boslaugh
Zhou, in particular, gives a heartbreaking performance. Sep 5, 2018 | Full Review…
Zhou, in particular, gives a heartbreaking performance.
Steve Erickson
A poised and perceptive crime drama... every frame leaves an imprint, both visually and emotionally. Jul 30, 2018 | Full Review…
A poised and perceptive crime drama... every frame leaves an imprint, both visually and emotionally.
Sarah Ward
The subject sounds heavy, but writer-director Vivian Qu, following her superb debut, Trap Street, is more poet than social activist. Jul 26, 2018 | Full Review…
The subject sounds heavy, but writer-director Vivian Qu, following her superb debut, Trap Street, is more poet than social activist.
Ken Eisner
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