The even-handedness of Jessica Yu’s gaze throughout the first part of the film, alas, isn’t sustained in the second and third chapters.
The film is both an informative bit of agitprop and an ultra slick and slightly self-satisfied bit of entertainment.
Under African Skies is a positive breather after the heaviness of Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory.
Ping Pong Playa proves that Chinese-Americans are not immune from the national stunted-adolescence crisis currently plaguing white comedy protagonists.
Would that Meagan's Law could protect us from Protagonist, another weirdly hermetic documentary exercise from the director of In the Realm of the Unreal.
The disc’s audio is good: Not a single syllable out of Dakota Fanning and Larry Pine’s mouths goes unheard.
The set is a fine addition to the ever-growing legion of television programs hording the shelves at your local retailer.
The animated sequences represent merely the most questionable formal tactic of a deeply cagey and secretive film.