57
Metascore
6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75The Seattle TimesTom KeoghThe Seattle TimesTom KeoghA viewer might expect the film’s widescreen, busy images to fill with revenge-action sequences. But in its own way, Mr. Six is much more about a unique man adjusting an out-of-fashion personal code for a new type of crisis in the shadow of his mortality.
- 70Screen DailyLee MarshallScreen DailyLee MarshallStaying just on the serious side of funny, Feng’s Mr Six is a fine, savoury creation.
- 70VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeScored to a beautiful, introspection-oriented saxophone score, Mr. Six surprises by attempting to delve behind Feng’s sometime-inscrutable facade, rather than pushing its leading man toward action.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungThe Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungWhere Guan excels is in straight dramatization.
- 58The Film StageZhuo-Ning SuThe Film StageZhuo-Ning SuPlotted with limited imagination and directed with atypical flatness, Mr. Six features a strong central performance and shares its humanistic concern with Hu Guan’s previous work but is nevertheless an artistic underachiever.
- 40The New York TimesNicolas RapoldThe New York TimesNicolas RapoldThe baggy 137-minute story drowns out Mr. Feng’s assorted sharp moments with hoary family drama and clumsy plotting, and Li Yifeng is generic as Mr. Six’s son.