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I Am Not Madame Bovary (12A)

Comedy

After being swindled by her ex-husband, a woman takes on the Chinese legal system.

The critical consensus

Talky, formal and slow, but also engagingly eccentric, this is a film that's hard to place – although its feisty, indefatigably vengeful protagonist and theatrical style create unexpected resonances with Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill epics.

***(*)(*)Hannah McGill, The List, 22/05/2017

Fan Bingbing is on fine form as an obstinate divorcee-to-be in a singular film that is ultimately worth the effort it requires.

***(*)(*)Steve Rose, The Guardian, 25/05/2017

Sometimes it’s a little slow but the ending is worth the build-up.

Claire Langlais, Little White Lies, 26/05/2017

The film offers a sly assault on the bureaucracy and hypocrisy of a China where protecting your status is more important than anything.

****(*)Allan Hunter, Daily Express, 26/05/2017

An overlong Kafkaesque comedy drama about a woman’s bid to save her reputation runs out of steam.

***(*)(*)Simran Hans, The Observer, 28/05/2017

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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