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I Am Not Madame Bovary
Directed by
Feng Xiaogang
Not Rated
2016
2h 18m
Comedy
,
Drama
6.9
85%
68%
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After being swindled by her ex-husband, a woman takes on the Chinese legal system.
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Cast of I Am Not Madame Bovary
Fan Bingbing
Li Xuelian
Zhang Jiayi
Mayor Ma
Guo Tao
Zhao Datou
Dong Chengpeng
Wang Gungdao
Zhang Yi
Jia Jongming
Yu Hewei
Zheng Zhong
Li Zonghan
Qin Yuhe
Tian Xiaojie
Mayor's Secretary
Zhao Lixin
County Chief Shi
Fan Wei
Tree Owner
Liu Hua
Luo Hu
Huang Jianxin
Governor Chu
Gao Ming
Party Leader
Jerry Lee
Police Officer
Feng Enhe
Retired Judge
Jiang Yongbo
Mayor Sai
Hu Ming
Ambulance Driver
Yin Yuhang
Xiao Jiao's Wife
Tao Hai
Letters and Calls Bureau
Feng Xiaogang
Narrator (voice)
I Am Not Madame Bovary Ratings & Reviews
Seattle Times
Tom Keogh
The script by Liu Zhenyun becomes ponderous and redundant, kept on oxygen by its lead actress's complex performance as a child-woman with enigmatic wisdom.
RogerEbert.com
Sheila O'Malley
It's a pleasure to look at the screen and to watch the artistry of the entire creative team. But there's a forbidding quality to the entire enterprise.
Washington Post
Mark Jenkins
Although it's intended as a satire, director Feng Xiaogang's movie has a literary tone, a leisurely pace and relatively few laugh-out-loud moments.
AV Club
Mike D'Angelo
Fans of both non-action Asian cinema and stifling bureaucratic nightmares, your long wait is finally over.
IONCINEMA.com
Nicholas Bell
Paired with a complex performance from lead actress Bingbing Fan, an otherwise slight, arguably trite narrative makes this sharply observed beauty of a film all the more bitter and brittle.
Film Comment Magazine
Jonathan Romney
130-plus minutes is a long time to wait for a glimpse of what someone is, rather than what she's not.
Los Angeles Times
Noel Murray
The shapes are a distraction. However, what's happening within them is compelling enough to overcome the stylistic overkill.
Village Voice
Michael Nordine
It's like an odd storybook you'd find in the attic and have trouble putting down - the more quixotic Lian's journey becomes, the more you want her to see it through to the bitter end.
The Hollywood Reporter
Deborah Young
Like the fighter she plays, Fan Bingbing holds her own against a big all-male cast who are all against her, and shows off her gifts as a comedienne in a surprisingly low-key role.
Variety
Dennis Harvey
Though its marquee names and trenchant social satire will prove most potent on home turf, "I Am Not Madame Bovary's" often sublimely ridiculously progress ...
Film Inquiry
Tomas Trussow
I would have liked an emotional anchor to keep me invested for the entirety of the proceedings.
Reeling Reviews
Robin Clifford
It will not give anything away if I say that Lian's real story is not revealed until the end and it is quite touching and genuine in its emotion.
Film Journal International
David Noh
Original, demanding and disarmingly rewarding, this women's film is a significant achievement for director Feng Xiaogang.
The Film Stage
Zhuo-Ning Su
A genuinely funny, slyly observant diagnosis of contemporary China complete with lush, absurdist flair.
Film Inquiry
Emily Steele
I Am Not Madame Bovary is a tongue-in-cheek criticism of Chinese politics, as well as their view of women and sexuality.
Willamette Week
Curtis Cook
Puzzlingly, the movie rarely inhabits the entirety of the screen. Instead, a small, centered square or circle serves as a window to the film, with the rest of the screen in black -- a stylistic choice that makes for a difficult viewing experience.
SF Weekly
Sherilyn Connelly
The film does work as an interesting formalistic experiment... I Am Not Madame Bovary doesn't attempt to prettify the smoggy, overcrowded landscape, making the already-small frame feel that much more claustrophobic.
L.A. Weekly
Michael Nordine
The more quixotic Lian's journey becomes, the more you want her to see it through to the bitter end.
Vague Visages
Colin Stacy
I Am Not Madame Bovary brilliantly executes its high-concept, formal experimentation perfectly. In doing so, it embodies a vision that harmonizes the theoretical with the actual.
Movie Mezzanine
Mallory Andrews
I refer to Feng Xiaogang's class comedy I Am Not Madame Bovary as painterly, in which Feng's studied use of unconventional aspect ratios are as distinctive a painter's brushstrokes.
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