Another exquisite, snail-paced cinematic perambulation from Tsai Ming-liang and Lee Kang-sheng.

A kung fu comedy, a Chinese fairy story, a Buddhist action movie, a prequel to a mega-series that makes James Cameron's ambitions look puny, Chow's Journey to the West is everything that is good about China's mega-blockbuster inclinations.

Liang's ravishing conceptual film achieves a rare blend of sensuous delight and documentary specificity.

...it’s quite good and — out of cultural context — winningly idiosyncratic...