"...the gentle melding of drama and comedy makes "What Time Is It There?" something the true film buff will enjoy." -- Robin Clifford, REELING REVIEWS   "Time is a beautiful film to watch, an interesting and at times captivating take on loss and loneliness." -- David Cornelius, AMAZING COLOSSAL WEBSITE   "More of the same from Taiwanese auteur Tsai Ming-liang, which is good news to anyone who's fallen under the sweet, melancholy spell of this unique director's previous films." -- Ken Fox, TV GUIDE'S MOVIE GUIDE   "Is not so much a work of entertainment as it is a unique, well-crafted psychological study of grief." -- Rachel Gordon, FILMCRITIC.COM   "The careful compositions in the Taiwanese What Time Is It There? give us plenty of time to search for meaning and to wonder what the movie is trying to say." -- Chris Hewitt, ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS   "Those with an interest in new or singular sorts of film experiences will find What Time Is It There? well worth the time." -- Andy Klein, NEW TIMES   "Inherently caustic and oddly whimsical, the film chimes in on the grieving process and strangely draws the audience into the unexplainable pain and eccentricities that are attached to the concept of loss." -- Frank Ochieng, MOVIE EYE   "Tsai may be ploughing the same furrow once too often." -- Tony Rayns, SIGHT AND SOUND   "If you've the patience, there are great rewards here." -- Jamie Russell, BBCI FILMS   "Wise and deadpan humorous." -- Dennis Schwartz, OZUS' WORLD MOVIE REVIEWS

Hot Pick   "Alternates between deadpan comedy and heartbreaking loneliness and isn't afraid to provoke introspection in both its characters and its audience." -- Gary Dowell, DALLAS MORNING NEWS

Cream of the Crop FRESH 94% Avg. Rating: 8.4/10   "Alternates between deadpan comedy and heartbreaking loneliness and isn't afraid to provoke introspection in both its characters and its audience." -- Gary Dowell, DALLAS MORNING NEWS   "What Time Is It There? is not easy. It haunts you, you can't forget it, you admire its conception and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it." -- Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES   "At times, Tsai's approach makes viewing this film like watching paint dry, but what a sublime design it makes." -- Eric Harrison, HOUSTON CHRONICLE   "Tsai Ming-liang's witty, wistful new film, What Time Is It There?, is a temporal inquiry that shoulders its philosophical burden lightly." -- J. Hoberman, VILLAGE VOICE   "An absurdist comedy about alienation, separation and loss." -- Kirk Honeycutt, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER   "The story that emerges has elements of romance, tragedy and even silent-movie comedy." -- Desson Howe, WASHINGTON POST   "Tsai has a well-deserved reputation as one of the cinema world's great visual stylists, and in this film, every shot enhances the excellent performances." -- Lou Lumenick, NEW YORK POST   "Tsai has managed to create an underplayed melodrama about family dynamics and dysfunction that harks back to the spare, unchecked heartache of Yasujiro Ozu." -- Elvis Mitchell, NEW YORK TIMES   "While its careful pace and seemingly opaque story may not satisfy every moviegoer's appetite, the film's final scene is soaringly, transparently moving." -- Carrie Rickey, PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER   "Mr. Tsai is a very original artist in his medium, and What Time Is It There? should be seen at the very least for its spasms of absurdist humor." -- Andrew Sarris, NEW YORK OBSERVER ( More... )

  "A determined, ennui-hobbled slog that really doesn't have much to say beyond the news flash that loneliness can make people act weird."
-- Bob Strauss, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS