Suburban Birds(郊区的鸟)

The Playlist by Andrew Bundy

It’s the kind of movie you sit on, but then can’t wait to revisit. Suburban Birds is a rewarding and revelatory first feature from a fresh artistic voice.

Film Threat by Bobby LePire

As it stands now though, the acting is good, but the narrative moves like molasses, leaving the audience at a distance.

Slant Magazine by Chuck Bowen

The film’s refusal to commit to its passing fancies is a highly intentional and eventually tiresome declaration of Qui Sheng’s arthouse bona fides.

The New York Times by Glenn Kenny

The spectacular feature-directing debut of Qiu Sheng.

Variety by Guy Lodge

Viewers, too, may feel at once cast adrift in the film’s amorphous quests, and languidly seduced by its disorder.

The Hollywood Reporter by Leslie Felperin

Enigmatic but oddly entrancing feature debut.

Screen Daily by Wendy Ide

This pleasing, if perplexing, feature debut from Qiu Sheng takes an agile and experimental approach to structure, as two story strands glance off each other, and occasionally intersect.