No.7 Cherry Lane(繼園臺七號)

Los Angeles Times by Carlos Aguilar

Intellectually intoxicating and stylistically sumptuous, this romantic oddity about the passage of time (for an individual and for a country) evokes the grand elegance of a Wong Kar-wai epic infused with mature droplets akin to anime like “Belladonna of Sadness” or “Millennium Actress.”

The Hollywood Reporter by Deborah Young

A spellbinding love letter to Hong Kong and the movies.

Variety by Guy Lodge

Many will be left bewildered by the sheer, deranged obsessiveness of Yonfan’s nostalgia head-trip — indeed, there were whistles and walkouts at its first Venice press screening — but accustomed Yon-fans and patient adventurers will fall madly for its madness.

The New York Times by Isabelia Herrera

Consider this film a master class in world-building, a bewildering but poignant dream — one that will leave you with plenty of burning questions.

Screen Daily by Jonathan Romney

The film is sometimes stylishly executed, but its hyper-aesthetic, even rarefied approach, together with a confusing dream-tinged narrative and a general sense of narcotised sluggishness, will make for limited appeal beyond Asian markets and the fanbase for traditional drawn animation.

Time Out by Phil de Semlyen

It definitely demands patience ... but it rewards it with a similarly narcotic effect.