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Skillfully weaving multiple delicate tonal strands into a quietly affecting whole, Lilting serves as a thoroughly compelling calling card for writer-director Hong Khaou.
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A more fitting title for the film would be "Limping." Oct 16, 2014 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
A more fitting title for the film would be "Limping."
Peter Keough
It is, as the title suggests, sweet - but also slight. Oct 16, 2014 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
It is, as the title suggests, sweet - but also slight.
Stephanie Merry
Guilt hangs over "Lilting," a suffocating haze so thick that it permeates every unspoken, non-understood word between characters trying to traverse a frustrating gulf of language and grief. Oct 16, 2014 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Guilt hangs over "Lilting," a suffocating haze so thick that it permeates every unspoken, non-understood word between characters trying to traverse a frustrating gulf of language and grief.
Thomas Lee
Hong, who makes his feature debut here, has a masterful command of rhythm, beautifully weaving each strand of the narrative around that momentous opening scene. Oct 10, 2014 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Hong, who makes his feature debut here, has a masterful command of rhythm, beautifully weaving each strand of the narrative around that momentous opening scene.
Tirdad Derakhshani
Despite a strong start, the filmmaker doesn't exactly know where to go with it. Still, there are moments before things get away from him that are captivating to watch and lovely to listen to, lilting. Oct 2, 2014 | Full Review…
Despite a strong start, the filmmaker doesn't exactly know where to go with it. Still, there are moments before things get away from him that are captivating to watch and lovely to listen to, lilting.
Betsy Sharkey
Whishaw is the most gifted and poetic actor in his age range, by a very wide margin, and everything he does here is fresh and unexpected. Sep 26, 2014 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Whishaw is the most gifted and poetic actor in his age range, by a very wide margin, and everything he does here is fresh and unexpected.
Dan Callahan
Probably the quietest and least histrionic film I've seen for a long time (no mean feat when the subtext to the story is raw grief). Nov 12, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Probably the quietest and least histrionic film I've seen for a long time (no mean feat when the subtext to the story is raw grief).
PJ Nabarro
Lilting is not only a beautiful depiction of grief, love and hardship, but also a fantastic piece of representation for the LGBTQ+ community, as Richard and his partner's relationship is presented to us with nothing other than normalcy and tenderness. Aug 24, 2018 | Full Review…
Lilting is not only a beautiful depiction of grief, love and hardship, but also a fantastic piece of representation for the LGBTQ+ community, as Richard and his partner's relationship is presented to us with nothing other than normalcy and tenderness.
Hannah Ryan
Be patient with it and you will be rewarded as it is a little gem that offers consolation to anyone who has lost someone special. Aug 18, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Be patient with it and you will be rewarded as it is a little gem that offers consolation to anyone who has lost someone special.
Brigit Grant
It's occasionally a bit on the nose, but [Lilting] an often moving exploration of how we connect - or fail to -with other people through language. Aug 15, 2017 | Full Review…
It's occasionally a bit on the nose, but [Lilting] an often moving exploration of how we connect - or fail to -with other people through language.
Alex Heeney
Khaou carefully constructs each scene for maximum impact-intentional repetition expressing the experience's ever-changing evolution. Feb 26, 2016 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
Khaou carefully constructs each scene for maximum impact-intentional repetition expressing the experience's ever-changing evolution.
Jared Mobarak
[Lilting] wears its heart on its sleeve, but without bleeding too much, and is overly square and precise, but also a welcome reprieve from the irony-prone fair that most often fills our cinemas. Sep 29, 2015 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
[Lilting] wears its heart on its sleeve, but without bleeding too much, and is overly square and precise, but also a welcome reprieve from the irony-prone fair that most often fills our cinemas.
Derek Smith
Whishaw and Cheng are great in this touching story of grief, language barriers and even the differences that are brought to light when people finally understand each other - which gives rise to some very humorous moments -, although it also avoids going deeper in its emotions.
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