
Sight & Sound
Monsoon feels like a precisely considered expression of the untethered experience of migration.
Full reviewHenry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians) leads this romance drama from the BAFTA-nominated director of Lilting as a British Vietnamese man who, after fleeing Saigon because of the Vietnam War, returns. Co-stars Parker Sawyers (Southside With You) and Molly Harris (Artemis Fowl).
Monsoon feels like a precisely considered expression of the untethered experience of migration.
Full reviewMost film-makers would crank the themes loud. But Khaou is never less than measured in his study of place and displacement...
Full reviewMore of a slow drip than a torrential downpour. It’s a lovely film that suddenly and magically can wash over you, then lose you in its opacities.
Full reviewKhaou is so intent on not being obvious... that the dilemmas and dissatisfactions of the immigrant experience get lost among the subtleties.
Full reviewMonsoon could stand to be a little more turbulent, but that doesn't mean it won't stir something within you.
Full reviewOffers a poignant picture of the emigrant experience as well as Vietnam's post-war hangover, while cementing Henry Golding's position as a leading man to watch.
Full reviewA thoughtful, deeply felt movie of great sweetness, unfolding at an unhurried pace.
Full reviewTips over the line that separates minimalism from a not-fully-developed movie.
Full reviewA quiet, solitary affair designed to communicate how isolating it can be to travel alone in a big city, especially one you have a fragmentary relationship to.
Full reviewSome may find the pacing a little too languid, but its worth persevering, as the real, tender heart of the story eventually starts to pour forth.
Full reviewAs he did in Lilting, Khaou in Monsoon finely sketches the complex inner lives and identities of a small group of characters and plugs them into a narrative that unfolds gradually but precisely, so audiences have the time to consider the work's larger thematic concerns.
Full reviewA well-acted, gracefully shot, but perhaps overly delicate exploration of a Vietnamese-born Briton's return to the country of his childhood.
Full reviewMonsoon is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Apple TV and Academy On Demand and AroVision.
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