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TopTenREVIEWS presents the movie reviews of Flight of the Red Balloon, The (2008)

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Flight of the Red Balloon, The (2008) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars Flight of the Red Balloon, The (2008) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
Overall Rating:2.5003
Avg Critic Score:2.7436

Flight of the Red Balloon, The (2008) Rank 4 Reviews

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Excellent
4
23.40%
(11)
Very Good
3
44.68%
(21)
Good
2
29.79%
(14)
Fair
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Poor
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2.13%
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Flight of the Red Balloon, The (2008) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips) Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
Plenty of well-meaning filmmakers advertise emotion without contextualizing it. Hou's latest film feels to me like a masterpiece responding intuitively to a masterpiece. ...read the complete Flight of the Red Balloon movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
Flight of the Red Balloon, The (2008) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Christianity Today (Jeffrey Overstreet) Christianity Today (Jeffrey Overstreet)
Some critics complain that "nothing happens" in this film. To borrow a line from James Cameron's The Abyss -- they "need to look with better eyes than that." It's meant to be observed the way you might study art in a museum. ...read the complete Flight of the Red Balloon movie review at Christianity Today (Jeffrey Overstreet)
Flight of the Red Balloon, The (2008) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson) Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Binoche is simply miraculous in this role. ...read the complete Flight of the Red Balloon movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Flight of the Red Balloon, The (2008) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum) Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)
The great Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien expands on the bright, drifty loveliness of Albert Lamorisse's 1956 classic, The Red Balloon, in Flight of the Red Balloon. ...read the complete Flight of the Red Balloon movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)
Flight of the Red Balloon, The (2008) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for New York Times (Manohla Dargis) New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
The luscious red orb in Flight of the Red Balloon is as much a reminder of the precariousness of life as an emblem of innocence. ...read the complete Flight of the Red Balloon movie review at New York Times (Manohla Dargis)

Flight of the Red Balloon, The (2008) Critic Reviews continued...

Flight of the Red Balloon, The (2008) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Chris Cabin) filmcritic.com (Chris Cabin)
You won't see anything as rapturous as this in any film this year. ...read the complete Flight of the Red Balloon movie review at filmcritic.com (Chris Cabin)
Flight of the Red Balloon, The (2008) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Antagony & Ecstasy (Tim Brayton) Antagony & Ecstasy (Tim Brayton)
For those on the right wavelength...this is magisterial cinema. ...read the complete Flight of the Red Balloon movie review at Antagony & Ecstasy (Tim Brayton)
Flight of the Red Balloon, The (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Slant Magazine (Nick Schager) Slant Magazine (Nick Schager)
Hou Hsiao-hsien's trademark long takes call attention to the passage of time, and as such they're intimately attuned to his ongoing thematic interest in the bonds between the past, present, and future. ...read the complete Flight of the Red Balloon movie review at Slant Magazine (Nick Schager)
Flight of the Red Balloon, The (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Boston Globe (Ty Burr) Boston Globe (Ty Burr)
Flight looks at the world the way a kid would, taking it all in and sifting for clues. ...read the complete Flight of the Red Balloon movie review at Boston Globe (Ty Burr)
Flight of the Red Balloon, The (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Globe and Mail () Globe and Mail ()
...read the complete Flight of the Red Balloon movie review at Globe and Mail ()
Flight of the Red Balloon, The (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Groucho Reviews (Peter Canavese) Groucho Reviews (Peter Canavese)
All suggestion and no imposition, a subtle meditation on how we position ourselves in space, and to what end. ...read the complete Flight of the Red Balloon movie review at Groucho Reviews (Peter Canavese)
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