VividSimon Simply Perfect

Ceticultsot Beautiful, moving film.

AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

twisted_and_derranged I must begin by saying I'm not familiar with director Ming-liang Tsai's previous work but this film worked for me just fine.I even feel tempted to check out his other ones. As other reviewers previously said, this movie has a certain mood. You either get into that mood or you don't. If you don't you'll think it's shite and won't even give it a chance. If you do then you'll experience a truly great movie that takes on an ever so discussed theme and gives it an original approach. The lack of dialogue,slow pace, the long still frames of the protagonists doing mundane things(be it porn movies or snatching bottles), the use of watermelons in sexual ways, the chemistry between the main characters, and the last(oh so shocking!) scene all add up to the overall beauty of this film. Don't expect a roller-coaster ride movie that will keep you at the edge of your seat. Don't expect to see a typical love story. Actually don't expect anything, that way you'll be much more open to what awaits you. I simply loved the analogies in this movie, the drought, the thirst etc. OK, I'll stop giving it away...This one it's not for everyone. It would be a 9/10 but since it's extremely underrated I'll give it a 10. Cheers.

tomboy-11 the acting itself wasn't even that bad, since it did't come to mind in the movie but whatever had this director in mind? the intended climb towards some climax completely missed the mark,..almost all scenes involve acting that stand so far from our own intentions and way of reacting on things that you don't really attach to any actor in the movie,..Empty silences,..In this case, see through cheap method of boasting your way into potential metaphorical brilliance,..which just wasn't here at all,..I guess I'm bitching but shit,..2 hours of my time,..

liyatao This movie is one of the best movie of the director Tsai.The movie tell us a story: This is a world which is lack of water.A man was playing a role in a adult movie, but he did not tell the woman who loved him. The most impressive scene is the last one:when the actor was making love with the actress as his work, another woman who loved the actor was watching their action sentimentally.At last, the actor spewed out sperm into the woman's mouth, then the woman was crying.I was moved. Most people around me do not like not only this movie but also this director.But he showed us a world without communication, and everyone knows the pains.I hope more people like this movie.

JoeLon The Wayward Cloud features everything one expects from a Tsai Ming-Liang film, but it is also much more sexually explicit. The shot compositions, the use of space, and the choreography of the musical numbers are excellent. However, not everyone is going to enjoy a musical number featuring a woman and men dressed as the fluid that she had just received a moment before in the main narrative.I understand the perspective of those who argue that Tsai doesn't have a clear point here, as he does in his other films. I would argue, though, that the film is more challenging because it does not offer the glimmer of hope found in Tsai's previous films (the woman pulled up in The Hole, May's dignity even as she cries at the end of Vive L'amour). The viewer has to piece together any hope from various parts of the film, as the shocking finale is not at all uplifting.Tsai has some real insights into the human condition here. Xiao Kang's autoerotic sexuality has a lot to say about loneliness and insecurity. Also, the flirtation between Xiao Kang and Shiang-chyi is very charming, even sexy (I'm thinking especially of the way Xiao Kang leans against the elevator after their date.) I think this film's vision brings to light the way sexuality has become a commodity, and I find it tragic that Xiao Kang and Shiang-chyi find that there is great difficulty in overcoming that commodification.