Though rife with clichés, Starry Starry Night has just enough nostalgic melancholy and quiet whimsy to make its coming-of-age narrative and elegy to childhood emotionally and visually compelling.
Starry Starry Night(星空)
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Taiwan, China, Hong Kong · 2011
1h 39m
Director Tom Lin
Starring Xu Jiao, Hui-Min Lin, René Liu, Harlem Yu
Genre Drama
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There was once a young girl named May who felt alienated from everyone around her. May is worried about her mother and father, whose marriage is on the rocks, and she yearns to return to the woods where her grandfather lives. One day, May befriends a boy as lonely as she is. When reality catches up, they run away to a beautiful world that belongs only to them. Both imaginatively escapist and heartbreakingly realistic, their journey speaks to kids and adults alike with the pain of solitude, the sorrow of loss, and the warmth of hope.
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New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman
All the popcorn movies you're planning to see will still be at the multiplex if you wait another week. This shimmering beauty will be gone in a flash. Catch it while you can.
The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis
Crammed with color and imagination, every one of Jake Pollock's gorgeously photographed images feels timelessly suspended between innocence and awareness.
Los Angeles Times by Robert Abele
The cumulative effect is more that of a handsomely crafted museum piece than a moving, emotional journey.
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