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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleIt is a well-researched smorgasbord of newsreel and documentary footage spliced with current interviews with those on the front lines.
- 91Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanUsing newsreel footage, clips of artistic propaganda (e.g., joyful proletarian farm ballets), and interviews with survivors, the movie draws us into the annihilating fervor of an era in which purge followed upon purge, in escalating waves of terror and control.
- 90SalonCharles TaylorSalonCharles TaylorThe story they are telling here is still in the process of being written. It's as good a sign as any of how absorbing Morning Sun is that the film's sudden ending makes you greedy for more.
- 80Village VoiceVillage VoiceGripping, relentlessly tragic retelling of life in revolutionary times.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoIt's scary to see how one man can brainwash a gigantic nation, as Mao did.
- 70The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottDoes a thoughtful job of streamlining the bloody realities -- both literal and psychological -- of China's Cultural Revolution into roughly two hours of film.
- 50VarietyDerek ElleyVarietyDerek ElleyAdmirably balanced production that pulls the curtain back slightly on a little-charted period of modern Chinese history.