"The World" is a theme park on the outskirts of Beijing, sixteen kilometers from the Chinese capital, designed around scaled representations of the world's famous landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower or the Leaning Tower of Pisa.The site is seen here not from the visitors' point of view but through the eyes of a few of its staff, lonely people, communicating poorly, a bit disillusioned with life, glittering for the tourists but dull and restricted as far as they are concerned. ... (Full plot summary below)
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"The World" is a theme park on the outskirts of Beijing, sixteen kilometers from the Chinese capital, designed around scaled representations of the world's famous landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower or the Leaning Tower of Pisa.The site is seen here not from the visitors' point of view but through the eyes of a few of its staff, lonely people, communicating poorly, a bit disillusioned with life, glittering for the tourists but dull and restricted as far as they are concerned. We meet, among others, pretty young dancer Tao and Taisheng, a security guard who is fond of her but not of personal commitment...
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| Film Journal InternationalEthan AlterThe World feels too small in scope--ironic considering its title. |
| Washington PostDesson ThomsonA movie with the visual expanse of a John Ford western and the ensemble grandeur and long takes of a Robert Altman picture. |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumNewly updated but shamelessly hokey, Steven Spielberg's version of the 1898 H.G. Wells yarn about murderous invaders from outer space starts off as a nimble scare show like "Jaws." |
| San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonIt's a heartbreaking, beautiful movie that gains strength from its deep characterizations. |
| TV GuideKen FoxMaverick Chinese director Jia Zhangke examines the rapidly changing face of China as its economy edges further toward a modified form of market capitalism with yet another complex, multicharacter masterpiece. |
| Orlando SentinelRoger MooreA tonally flat experience. The movie's highs and lows are modulated to the point where nothing moves you or touches you in these lives of not-desperate-enough desperation. |
| Boston GlobeWesley MorrisIt has a romantic power that seeps into your bones, with its languid rhythms, general plotlessness, and fierce attention to surreal detail. |
| Seattle TimesTom KeoghIts rewards come with patience and concentration. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertA big, clunky movie containing some sensational sights but lacking the zest and joyous energy we expect from Steven Spielberg. |
| Slant MagazineEd GonzalezThis place is less crossroads of the world than land of confusion. |
