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Saturday Fiction
Directed by
Lou Ye
2021
2h 7m
NR
Drama
,
History
,
Action
6.6
48%
40%
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Yu Jin is working undercover gathering intelligence for the Allies.
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Cast of Saturday Fiction
Gong Li
Yu Jin
Mark Chao
Tan Na
Joe Odagiri
Furuya Saburo
Pascal Greggory
Frederic Hubert
Tom Wlaschiha
Saul Speyer
Huang Xiangli
Bai Yunshang
Ayumu Nakajima
Kajiwara
Eric Wang
Mo Zhiyin
Zhang Songwen
Ni Zeren
Shibuya Tenma
Lieutenant Hosoda
Saturday Fiction Reviews
Slant Magazine
Sam C. Mac
The hegemony of history is rigid, but Lou Ye is still able to disrupt it in the form of its representation.
indieWire
David Ehrlich
As elusive and unsatisfying for us as it is for its various characters.
San Francisco Chronicle
G. Allen Johnson
Gong gives it her best shot, but there's only so much she can do.
Variety
Jessica Kiang
As though to compensate for having far too many characters, Ma Yingi's script skimps on characterization - no one here has any defining personality trait except untrustworthiness.
VCinema
Wilson Kwong
This is a welcome return for Gong Li as an actress and another reminder that Lou continues to be one of Chinas most talented filmmakers.
New Yorker
Richard Brody
With bitter irony seething in his blend of kinetic camerawork and silky black-and-white tones, Lou borrows the form of historical drama to expose the corruption and the terror of a modern surveillance state.
Hollywood Reporter
Boyd van Hoeij
This moody, black-and-white period piece always intrigues, even if it only intermittently catches fire.
NYC Movie Guru
Avi Offer
A lackluster, convoluted and underwhelming crime thriller low on palpable thrills and suspense.
Awards Daily
Zhuo-Ning Su
The film might ultimately be just a bit too conventional in conception and approach, but a vibrant, bittersweet ride it certainly is.
Film Inquiry
Kevin L. Lee
Saturday Fiction could have worked as a straightforward but layered espionage story in the same vein as Bridge of Spies. Instead, the filmmakers tried to be clever, and as a result, they lost the plot - literally.
Los Angeles Times
Robert Abele
A spotty fusion of spy-story contrivances and diffuse themes of truth and artifice...
New York Times
Devika Girish
[Gong] conveys depths of pain and longing even when the script offers none, seducing us as effortlessly as Jean seduces her enemies.
TheWrap
Simon Abrams
Filmed with stifling hand-held photography, many scenes plod along in real time without a momentous or compelling pace. The sound designs focus on background noises, instead of a musical score, also soon becomes more irritating than intriguing.
East Bay Express
Kelly Vance
Saturday Fiction proves, as if proof were needed, that even the most radiant movie star can be sandbagged by indifferent or clumsy story construction and awkward direction.
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