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Tigertail
Directed by
Alan Yang
PG
2020
1h 31m
Drama
,
Comedy
6.6
83%
67%
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In this multigenerational drama, a Taiwanese factory worker leaves his homeland to seek opportunity in America, where he struggles to find connection while balancing family and new-found responsibilities.
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Cast of Tigertail
Tzi Ma
Grover
Christine Ko
Angela
Lee Hong Chi
Young Grover
Hayden Szeto
Eric
Kunjue Li
Young Zhenzhen
Fiona Fu
Zhenzhen
James Saito
Hank
Joan Chen
Yuan
Fang Yu-hsing
Young Yuan
Raymond Ma
Hsiao
Yang Kuei-mei
Minghua
Cindera Che
Peijing
Tom Kemp
Roger (uncredited)
Jessica Gomes
Margot Bingham
Lara (uncredited)
McCaleb Burnett
Carter (uncredited)
Mike Donovan
Waiter (uncredited)
Tigertail Ratings & Reviews
RogerEbert.com
Sheila O'Malley
Yang's script is thoughtful and precise -- every character gets to be three-dimensional.
AV Club
Katie Rife
[W]here the film stands out from other dramas of its type is in its poignant exploration of the little-discussed emotional consequences of single-mindedly pursuing the American dream.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
What is mythic to a child can seem banal to an outsider, and it takes a skilled artist to get an audience to truly see those shadows looming on the cave wall of one's growing up. Bluntly put, Yang's not there yet.
Associated Press
Jake Coyle
"Tigertail" comes off more as an idea of an arthouse movie than one propelled by its own volition.
Rolling Stone
David Fear
Alan Yang has given us one immigrant's story that feels like his dad's unique, deeply felt experience, but also makes it reverberate like it's his own - and ours.
indieWire
Eric Kohn
Yang's drama taps into the personal connotations of the immigrant experience by burrowing inside it, evoking the excitement of new opportunities in tandem with the cold reality that bubbles up in their wake.
Polygon
Karen Han
Tigertail's greatest asset... is Tzi Ma.
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Claudia Puig
It's a very quiet, moving, and poignant intergenerational family saga with some lovely directorial flourishes.
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Tim Cogshell
A delightful movie with sacrifice at the center.
Pay or Wait
Robert Daniels
TIGERTAIL sneaks and pounces out of the tall grass to rip apart the heart: for a bleak but touching character drama that crosses time and place, and generations.
NPR
Scott Tobias
The film feels like a three-hour epic that's been slashed to 91 minutes, with crucial details reduced to crude bullet points for economy's sake. It isn't intimate, it's small.
New York Times
Kristen Yoonsoo Kim
"Tigertail" goes back and forth in time, tracing the events that allowed Pin-Jui to achieve his American dream yet made him so aloof to his loved ones. It does this to mixed results.
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
Mr. Yang's story unfolds with decreasing velocity; in the latter stretches patience is required, though amply rewarded.
The Hollywood Reporter
Inkoo Kang
Drowsy, shambolic, underthought. Its structure is so meager it's downright skeletal.
Reel Honest Reviews
Pamela Powell
"Tigertail" is an unexpected treasure with a complexly layered story, standout performances thanks not only to the talented cast, but also to deft direction, precision editing, and back to basics story telling.
Slashfilm
Hoai-Tran Bui
For all its warm, lush stylings and the bittersweet romance at its center, Tigertail holds its audience at a distance. But Yang's passion for this story still shines through.
Variety
Peter Debruge
Imperfect though it is, "Tigertail" depicts an aspect of the first-generation American experience seldom captured on-screen...
The Playlist
Andrew Bundy
"Tigertail" is an important and powerful immigration story for our troubled times.
Los Angeles Times
Glenn Whipp
Keep a box of tissues within reach.
The Young Folks
Jon Negroni
It's just a shame Tigertail doesn't offer them a more cohesive symphony.
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