Saving Face

This enjoyable film about love and honour from writer director Alice Wu is poignant and wonderfully observed....Wu has assembled a fine cast....A heartfelt story about tradition, love and honour, this is a film about mothers, daughters and matters of the heart.....There's a funny scene when Vivian insists on coming over to dinner to meet Ma..... ... Full Review

$10.00 Saving Face is one of those rare romantic comedies that is not only funny.... ... Full Review

Saving Face is amiable and sometimes fresh, straddling the line between challenging the old morality....Sex in movies, as directed (usually) by men, is grim, world-shattering, and almost always laughable.....one of the best scenes, Vivian tries to teach Wil how to fall without hurting herself and Wil is too clenched and uptight to move.....They never go out, never share public displays of affection....Krusiec and Lynn Chen have a warm, intimate rapport, especially in a genuinely erotic bedroom scene made al ... Full Review

Actually the problem with ''Saving Face" as a romantic comedy is that its central romance is a drag. But it's also around that time that ''Saving Face" spills the beans on Ma's secret, and Wu whips up an enjoyable batch of brisk scenes that end with a riff on the last shot of ''The Graduate. ... Full Review

a very charming film....Not that Joan Chen and Lynn Chen aren't great.....a really nice film....lovely performances....the acting is good and all those sorts of things.... ... Full Review

I didn’t enjoy Saving Face....the movie failed to offer anything new on either front.....it is not a bad movie;.... ... Full Review

I'm sure some people will like this movie.....the movie failed to offer anything new on either front.....it is not a bad movie;.... ... Full Review

But Alice Wu's debut film is so deft, natural and exquisitely specific, it feels fresh.....The film is sweet without being saccharine, wry without being cynical and unabashedly romantic without being cloying or disingenuous.....Wu's sharp eye for social satire captures every nuance of the way people hide behind tradition and convention to ventilate envy and spite.... ... Full Review

though it suffers from a fairly yawnworthy title, is an honest-to-God joy to watch.....Well get over it, people, because Saving Face.... ... Full Review

That said, Saving Face has its moments of charm, mostly through the talents of actress Joan Chen . Saving Face still feels like a good pilot for a new, somewhat racy television show. There's talent here. ... Full Review