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      Face

      R Released Mar 4, 2005 1h 31m Drama List
      63% 24 Reviews Tomatometer 35% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score An Asian-American woman with little interest in tradition, Kim (Bai Ling) has a fling with Daniel (Will Yun Lee), a younger man. When she discovers that she's pregnant, Kim marries Daniel out of obligation. Unwilling to be a wife or a mother, Kim leaves her infant to be raised by her own mom (Kiều Chinh). Kim's daughter, Genie (Kristy Wu), grows up to be defiant like her estranged mother, even dating black rap artist Michael (Treach), causing more tension in the fractured family. Read More Read Less

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      Face takes a well-meaning look at the immigrant experience whose affecting performances are often enough to outweigh its frustrating pacing and storytelling issues.

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      Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Ling, delicate and haunted, and Wu, a real spitfire, make their reconciliation sting as much as it soothes. Rated: B Mar 13, 2021 Full Review Dana Stevens New York Times A meditation on the conflict between family loyalties and personal ambition, Face is the kind of independent film that can feel slight on a first viewing. But like its original soundtrack... it is likely to remain in your head long afterward. Mar 13, 2021 Full Review Russell Scott Smith New York Post It's a tale worth telling again -- especially if you feel the material as strongly as recent Columbia film-school grad Bertha Bay-Sa Pan seems to. Rated: 2.5/4 Mar 13, 2021 Full Review Steve Rhodes Internet Reviews A picture to admire even if not quite one to recommend. Rated: 2.75/5 Mar 13, 2021 Full Review Donald J. Levit ReelTalk Movie Reviews Too slight in realization and trite in characterization to work as it might have. Mar 13, 2021 Full Review Merle Bertrand Film Threat Face does a number of things well. Rated: 3/5 Mar 13, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis An Asian-American woman with little interest in tradition, Kim (Bai Ling) has a fling with Daniel (Will Yun Lee), a younger man. When she discovers that she's pregnant, Kim marries Daniel out of obligation. Unwilling to be a wife or a mother, Kim leaves her infant to be raised by her own mom (Kiều Chinh). Kim's daughter, Genie (Kristy Wu), grows up to be defiant like her estranged mother, even dating black rap artist Michael (Treach), causing more tension in the fractured family.
      Director
      Bertha Bay-Sa-Pan
      Screenwriter
      Oren Moverman, Bertha Bay-Sa-Pan
      Distributor
      Indican Releasing
      Production Co
      Taewon Entertainment
      Rating
      R (Brief Nudity|Some Language)
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Mar 4, 2005, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Apr 16, 2015
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $106.9K
      Runtime
      1h 31m
      Sound Mix
      Surround, Dolby SR
      Aspect Ratio
      Flat (1.85:1), 35mm
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