Metacritic reviews

Wise, delicate and impeccably performed, Yi Yi is a three- hour drama that looks at one middle-class family in transition -- and does so with such a kind and probing eye that we all see our lives reflected through Yang's lens.

Yang favors a gentle and introspective style that shows how deep and strong everyday emotions can run. A memorable treat.

One of the year's best: a rich, funny, enormously humane portrait of a middle-class Taipei family in the throes of romantic, economic and spiritual upheaval.

Yang seems to miss nothing as he interweaves shifting viewpoints and poignant emotional refrains.

A marvel of delicacy and humor.

Generous, soulful film.

Wonderfully humanistic film. Yi Yi investigates the entire melody of life.

More than a family saga, this is a family meditation.

It may be the first meditative action movie.

Yi Yi is an intimate movie, for all its length and complexity.