Hong Kong Trilogy: Preschooled Preoccupied Preposterous(香港三部曲)

Village Voice by Aaron Hillis

It’s all a curious humanist experiment with anecdotal surprises and whimsy, but its motives aren’t in sharp focus like Doyle’s hotshot imagery.

The New York Times by Ben Kenigsberg

More of a poem or a city symphony than a documentary, it drifts freely, sometimes frustratingly between captured and fictionalized moments.

Variety by Scott Tobias

The main problem with “Hong Kong Trilogy” is that it over-promises and under-delivers.

The Film Stage by Tony Hinds

While Hong Kong Trilogy is ultimately an empty and unfocused misfire, it’s still rather watchable in its failure, thanks to Doyle’s remarkable visual approach.

Slant Magazine by Wes Greene

Throughout, Christopher Doyle acknowledges that time and reality are often marked by a slippery subjectivity.