Mrs. Fang(方绣英)

Screen International by Allan Hunter

Mrs. Fang is unreservedly voyeuristic, the camera maintaining its own vigil over Xiuying who is seen in lengthy, merciless close-ups staring straight ahead.

The Hollywood Reporter by Boyd van Hoeij

There is no denying the visceral power of Wang’s insistence on looking encroaching death, as it were, in the eye and the filmmaker exercises appropriate restraint when the final moment does come.

Variety by Jessica Kiang

This is a merciless film, and whether the process of teasing its meaning out for yourself feels like a punishment or a reward will depend entirely on your patience and your point of view.

Los Angeles Times by Justin Chang

It's a simple, cumulatively shattering record of life as we rarely see it captured in narrative or documentary cinema.