“The child’s demise is staged with semi-pornographic vigor by Zhao in a way that makes the death scene from E.T. seem subtle and restrained. Buckley puts on such a clinic of guttural screams and heaving, mucus-soaked sobs she’s guaranteed as many golden statuettes as will fit on her mantlepiece when awards season is over next spring.” – WBUR’s Arts & Culture, 11/25/2025