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Caught by the Tides
Directed by
Jia Zhangke
2024
1h 52m
Drama
6.5
97%
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A Chinese woman lives for herself in silence, celebrating the prosperous Belle Epoque with songs and dance.
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Cast of Caught by the Tides
Zhao Tao
Qiao Qiao
Zhubin Li
Guo Bin
Pan Jianlin
Lao Pan
Zhou Lan
Zhou You
Xiao Zhou
Ren Ke
Square Singer
Mao Tao
Square Singer
Caught by the Tides Reviews
Deadline Hollywood Daily
Joe Utichi
Zhao can do so much with her eyes that she holds our attention in spite of her character's stoicism... Hers is the performance that anchors the film.
Variety
Jessica Kiang
"Tides" exerts its own inexorable pull, and as a mid-career moment of transcendence for Jia, it feels less like a grace note than an act of liberation.
IONCINEMA.com
Nicholas Bell
Jia Zhangke's wife, Zhao Tao, who has appeared in a majority of his narratives since 2000's Platform, remains the vibrant highlight as a mute, melancholic woman fashioned like a figure from silent cinema.
indieWire
David Ehrlich
Its emotional impact is muted and its romance almost purely conceptual, but the fact that Qiaoqiao and Brother Bin's affection survive all of this tumult and transformation is moving unto itself, as is Jia's dedication to documenting that change.
The Hollywood Reporter
David Rooney
Zhao's face is one of the most transfixingly expressive in modern cinema, and her long collaboration with her husband Jia stands among the screen's greatest actress-director unions.
The Film Stage
Rory O'Connor
The director's latest experiment in plundering his archive--indeed his memories--and spinning what he finds into something new.
Next Best Picture
Matthew Turner
On the surface, "Caught By the Tides" is a masterclass in minimalism, telling a touching romantic story with little to no dialogue.
The New Yorker
Justin Chang
It's an achievement by turns fleeting and monumental: a series of interlocking time capsules, a wrenching feat of self-reflection, and a stealth musical.
Filmmaker Magazine
Vadim Rizov
Caught by the Tides is a multiverse manifestation rather than nostalgia trigger-or, at least, this is a lot of neat footage, and it's fun to see it find a home.
JoySauce.com
Siddhant Adlakha
Few directors have so deftly captured the changing face of 21st Century China as Jia Zhangke. His latest, the sprawling dramatic mood piece Feng Liu Yi Dai ("A Drifting Generation"), or Caught by the Tides, is arguably his magnum opus.
Awards Daily
Zhuo-Ning Su
Its free-flowing, image-driven form will no doubt alienate many viewers, but those willing to just let its singular cinematic language wash over them would be rewarded with something barely articulated yet quietly profound.
TheWrap
Steve Pond
You could call it a movie about connection, but one fashioned out of shots of isolation.
Slant Magazine
William Repass
Jia Zhang-ke's Caught by the Tides attests to the fact that making art under the most adverse conditions can prove to be serendipitous.
The Movie Buff
Hector A. Gonzalez
Caught by the Tides is reflective of China's development throughout the 21st century, both in its successes and failures, admirations and tragedies.
In Review Online
Sean Gilman
Nothing more or less than a romance... Tides feels like an attempt at summarization, a way to close the book on a chapter of Jia's filmmaking before (hopefully) moving on to new and original products.
InSession Film
Will Bjarnar
Jia Zhangke's Caught by the Tides is the one that manages to weave a narrative that remains as mesmerizing as it is unconventionally-masterful.
Loud and Clear Reviews
Daniel Allen
Caught By The Tides is always an interesting watch, but mainly as an exercise in form and showing an evolving China.
Always Good Movies
Filipe Freitas
There's an indestructible link between past, present, and future in the film that makes us experience time and place in a peculiar, nostalgic way.
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