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RATING: ROTTEN  READING: 38% (FRESH = 60% or Greater)   Reviews counted: 8 Fresh: 3  Rotten: 5 Average Rating: 5.8/10

( Showing 1-8 of 8 Tomatometer Reviews, sorted z-a )   "[Lin Chung's] voice is rather unexceptional, even irritating (at least to this Western ear), making it awfully hard to buy the impetus for the complicated love triangle that develops between the three central characters." -- Jordan Reed, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE   "The film makes a tragic error by going on for too long, trying to mirror every subsequent event in Chinese history: war, revolution, Communism, etc." -- David Noh, FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL   "The film has the courage of its convictions and excellent performances on its side." -- Ken Fox, TV GUIDE'S MOVIE GUIDE --  Click to read the article. -- L.A. WEEKLY Cream of the Crop ROTTEN 40%   "This dreadfully earnest inversion of the Concubine love triangle eschews the previous film's historical panorama and roiling pathos for bug-eyed mugging and gay-niche condescension." -- Jessica Winter, VILLAGE VOICE   "An exquisite love story directed with admirable subtlety and sensitivity by Li-kong Hsu and Chi Yin from a superb script by Hui-ling Wang and Ming-xia Wang." -- Kevin Thomas, LOS ANGELES TIMES   "While it's all quite tasteful to look at, the attention process tends to do a little fleeing of its own." -- Michael Rechtshaffen, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER   "An overwrought Taiwanese soaper about three people and their mixed-up relationship." -- V.A. Musetto, NEW YORK POST   "It's a square, sentimental drama that satisfies, as comfort food often can." -- Elvis Mitchell, NEW YORK TIMES --  Click to read the article. -- HOUSTON CHRONICLE

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