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19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Chicago TribunePatrick Z. McGavinChicago TribunePatrick Z. McGavinDaring and beautifully made, Zhang Yang's Quitting plays like a Chinese "Rebel Without a Cause."
- 75The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenQuitting begins to seem intriguing in concept. Now comes the best news: It's just as compelling in execution.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoIf only "reality" TV was as realistic as Quitting.
- 70Film ThreatTim MerrillFilm ThreatTim MerrillParticularly wrenching in its depiction of the father-son relationship.
- 63Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt is a brave experiment, based on life and using actors who play themselves, but it buys into the whole false notion that artists are somehow too brilliant to be sober.
- 50Washington PostAnn HornadayWashington PostAnn HornadayIf Quitting isn't worthy of affection exactly, it's worthy of respect.
- 50Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanAlternately grueling and soporific, Quitting is a movie about addiction that demands the viewer also give something up.
- 50L.A. WeeklyJohn PattersonL.A. WeeklyJohn PattersonWhether Quitting will prove absorbing to American audiences is debatable: After all, it's not like we don't have enough rehab stories of our own, and Jia often comes across as a sullen, unreachable brat.
- 50Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesChicago ReaderJ.R. JonesUnfortunately Jia --a rather limited actor, judging from the movies excerpted here -- has trouble either articulating or projecting the existential crisis that ultimately landed him in a mental institution, which leaves the emotional center of the film inert.