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Movie Info

Trying to forget his troubles, a small-time thief (Hongwei Wang) visits a brothel and falls for a prostitute (Hao Hong Jian).

Genre:

drama, comedy
Original Language:

Chinese
Director:

Zhang Ke Jia
Producer:

Zhang Ke Jia, Kit Ming Li
Writer:

Zhang Ke Jia
Runtime:

1h 53m
Production Co:

Hu Tong Communications, Radiant Advertising Company

Cast & Crew

Hongwei Wang
Xiao Wu

Hao Hong Jian
Mei Mei

Zuo Baitao

Ma Jinrei

Liu Junying

Yonghao Liang

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Critic Reviews for Xiao Wu

All Critics (6) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (6)

Jia's restrained yet fierce X-ray of the ills of modern China also evokes a calm, intimate tenderness for its struggling survivors.

October 21, 2019 | Full Review…

Richard Brody
New Yorker
As would become common in work, Jia's protagonist is an embodiment of a distinctly Chinese everyman, one overlooked and abandoned for the sake of progress.

September 29, 2020 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…

Nathanael Hood
Unseen Films
As will become his habit, Jia turns China's capitalist explosion into a reflection of the character's inner dislocation and finds strange solace in the cheesiest pop ballads imaginable.

September 24, 2020 | Full Review…

Sean Burns
Spliced Personality
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December 6, 2005 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Film Threat
Set in the Fengyang province, Chinese director Jia Zhang Ke's first feature Xiao Wu features young characters that suffer as they bear witness to a foundling capitalist system.

February 15, 2003 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Jeremy Heilman
MovieMartyr.com
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December 8, 2002 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

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Audience Reviews for Xiao Wu

Nov 29, 2012

excellent debut from the then underground zhang ke jia, one of the most original filmmakers working today. the story of a young thief who stubbornly refuses to change against the backdrop of huge changes in china's economy.

Stella D Super Reviewer