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The Go Master (2006)

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Reviews Counted: 14

Fresh: 9

Rotten:5

Average Rating: 6.1/10

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Chen Chang, Sylvia Chang

Starring: Chen Chang, Sylvia Chang

Director: Tian Zhuangzhuang

Director: Tian Zhuangzhuang

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10/18/08
Matthew Turner
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With no attempt made to even explain the basic rules of Go, this is essentially a study of forehead-kneading concentration, of how to shut out even the most tempestuous of world events.

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03/28/08
Andrew Pulver
Guardian [UK]
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The rapturous camerawork and Chang Chen's performance as Wu both delight, but there's little insight into what makes a game about white and black pebbles so utterly absorbing.

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03/28/08
Jamie Russell
Total Film
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This soporific stupor and final pinch of defeat is the experience that most fully equates with watching this film.

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03/28/08
Stella Papamichael
BBC
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Chang captures Wu’s dedication and respect for a game whose intricacies reflect the vicissitudes of his own life.

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03/27/08
David Parkinson
Empire Magazine
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Featuring a game whose practitioners cultivate friendships rather than rivalries, in a time and a place where conflict was otherwise all too easy to find, The Go Master is a biopic of rare subtlety, delicacy and stillness.

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03/26/08
Anton Bitel
Channel 4 Film
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As the subject for a film biography, there would seem to be a great deal of material there, but screenwriter Ah Cheng and director Tian Zhuangzhuang make a botch of it.

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07/14/07
Ted Murphy
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One of the few pictures deserving of the description "visual poem."

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07/04/07
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central
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Impressively shot in ’Scope, it’s a considerable achievement, possessed of a tranquil beauty and sagacity.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
03/17/07
Wally Hammond
Time Out
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Under Tian Zhuangzhuang, one of China's leading directors, The Go Master unfolds as meditatively as a game of go.

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03/15/07
V.A. Musetto
New York Post
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Tian Zhuangzhuang's biopic is a stately and respectful reflection on the life of Wu Qingyuan, one of the 20th century's top players of go, a Japanese game said to rival chess in complexity.

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03/14/07
A.O. Scott
New York Times
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A deeply thoughtful biopic of a legendary gaming master.

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10/18/06
Richard James Havis
Hollywood Reporter
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More an example of fifth-gen pageantry than anything by Zhang or Chen.

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10/14/06
Keith Uhlich
Slant Magazine
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The film is structured as a series of tableaux with little connective tissue.

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10/14/06
Ronnie Scheib
Variety
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