
Wonderful Town
2007, Comedy/Drama, 1h 32m
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All Critics (24) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (21) | Rotten (3)
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Demonstrates that it's still entirely possible to make a movie outside the framework of pop genre cinema that is engrossing, moving and, in its unassertive way, quietly entertaining.
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A purposeful, almost meditative exploration of the scars left on a people's psyche after tragedy.
March 13, 2009 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… -
There's a folksy majesty to Wonderful Town, born of its leisurely pace, pastoral views of idyllic scenery and a storytelling drive set only slightly faster than slow motion. It recalls a lot of rustic, independent English-language films of the '90s
August 15, 2008 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review… -
A sensitive love story from Thailand set against the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami.
July 25, 2008 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review… -
It's no small feat to pull off as sweet and sensitive a romance as that between Na and Ton, and something rarer yet to suffuse such affections into a poem of wounded landscape.
July 18, 2008 | Rating: 4.5/5 -
This delicate, delightful and nearly note-perfect debut feature from young Thai director Aditya Assarad offers more evidence of the tremendous film renaissance underway in East Asia.
July 18, 2008 | Full Review…
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May 19, 2009Wonderful Town is set in a Thai village that was devastated by the 2004 Tsunami. A young architect is sent to oversee the rebuilding effort that has started in the village. He soon falls in love with a local girl. The film is slow and thoughtful. It builds upon the romance whilst looking at it from a distance. Both parties are very cautious about getting close to each other. The locals soon disapprove of the relationship, it upsets the balance and releases pent up anger from the community that perhaps feels abandoned. The ending is shocking and even sickening. It comes suddenly, as such an act would. Wonderful Town is a bit to thoughtful for it's own good. There's a great story and some fascinating themes here, but first it makes us sit through a generic love story, one that takes up too much screen time.Luke B Super Reviewer
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