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About a religious group from Taiwan who travel to Texas to find Jesus on TV and the end of the world.
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| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatAn exploration of the spiritual challenges of membership in a religious cult that is obsessed with the end of the world and an escape to paradise. |
| Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerThe movie's understanding of how the group taps into people's deep need to believe ensures that the film remains not only fair-minded, but sensitive to the tortured emotions of its conflicted central characters. |
| VarietyRonnie ScheibMiller deftly navigates his picture's unusual tonal mix, balancing absurdity, melodrama, comedy of manners and an unblinking ethnographic stare. But the film's nearly three-hour length may consign it to cult status. |
| The New York TimesAndy WebsterMr. Miller is far too leisurely - and takes far too much time - with a story largely blind to the sometimes fatal cost of fanaticism. |
| Film Journal InternationalMaitland McDonaghLong, slow but sometimes sharply observed drama about cultural differences and efforts to breach them. |
| User ReviewAngelinaWatched this on Fandor today since I can't get to NY. What a beautiful and moving film! I feel compelled to go see this new director's first film which I think is also on Fandor. Shing Ka and Jodi Lin were a revelation, both heartbreaking in their portayals of seeking more from within one's own self and their separate loneliness, it's not just their chemistry - as an audience you care about these people and what will become of them. The big studios should worry why a gem like this can be made as an indie! Miller's film reminded me of a film I saw a few years ago and loved called "Yi Yi". |
| User Reviewalexis ssaw a showing at the quad over the weekend. sublime! the new york times reviewer has no idea what he is talking about. i went to see it as the premise just sounded intriguing. glad i did. if you want to see something wonderful, take a chance on god's land. |