50
Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt
The story is likable if not memorable, and the Chinese settings lend the basically ordinary plot a touch of novelty.
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70
A winning look at cross-cultural romance.
50
Relying on rote culture-clash pratfalls, Gilfillan belabors the symmetries.
38
New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman
Would that the film were as interesting as the setting.
38
New York Post by Jonathan Foreman
Boasts exceptionally attractive locations, but its painfully amateurish plotting, dialogue and acting -- combined with slack pacing -- make this Beijing-set indie romance something of a trial.
25
The film's title accurately captures the sensation of sitting through it -- stay home.
50
TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh
This intermittently charming look at East-meets-West culture shock in contemporary Beijing seriously overreaches its grasp.
20
Writer and director Gilfillan has an estimable biography, having studied at the Beijing Film Academy and worked as an assistant to John Woo, but there's nothing in her prosaic feature debut that suggests this means a thing.
50
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
For all its demureness, Restless captures some of the excitement of youthful romance in which the partners aren't just separate individuals but the products of divergent cultures.
50
The real drama is the city itself, steeped in history yet undergoing a Western face-lift.