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Mongolian Ping Pong
Directed by
Ning Hao
Not Rated
2005
1h 42m
Drama
,
Comedy
6.5
83%
71%
6.0
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A curious boy on the remote steppe finds a ping-pong ball, sparking wonder and mischief as he and his friends trek to return China's "national ball," discovering the wider world beyond their isolated home.
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Cast of Mongolian Ping Pong
Hurichabilike
Bilike
Dawa
Dawa
Geliban
Erguotou
Sharen Gaowa
Dawas Mutter
Yidexinnaribu
Bilikes Vater
Badema
Bilikes Mutter
Wurima
Schwester Bilikes
Dugema
Großmutter
Jinlaowu
LKW-Fahrer
Buhebilike
Dawas Vater
Ning Hao
Director / Screenplay
Bu He
Producer
Bin Lu
Producer
Du Jie
Director Of Photography
Yong Jiang
Editor
Wuhe
Original Music Composer
Mongolian Ping Pong Ratings & Reviews
Upstage Magazine
Kam Williams
A quarter century after the release of The Gods Must Be Crazy, this charming variation on the theme relies on a similar scenario to examine the lost innocence of another naive primitive.
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Louis Proyect
Gorgeous coming of age tale featuring nonprofessional cast of Mongolian nomads.
DVDTalk.com
David Cornelius
Ping Pong intends to be a quiet meditation on the little things in life. It's also dreadfully dull.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
A unique, charming coming-of-age film.
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
Somehow, Hao never breaks the spell of enchantment over the proceedings. He doesn't find the characters quaint or amusing, he finds them real and human and confers the full dignity of existence upon them.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Bill White
With wonderfully natural performances by the children, this is a family movie that crosses cultural boundaries in a celebration of the magical possibilities inherent in everyday objects.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
Wistful, humorous and majestically pictorial, Mongolian Ping Pong is an off-trail film full of offtbeat delights.
Boston Globe
Janice Page
A candid and enviably uncluttered film.
Film Freak Central
Walter Chaw
If only puerile wish-fulfillment didn't so often feel like patronizing bullcrap onscreen.
Reeling Reviews
Robin Clifford
Mongolian Ping Pong will likely get only limited art house exposure and this will be a shame.
Reeling Reviews
Laura Clifford
...nothing will prepare you for the sheer beauty of this flat, verdant landscape whose horizon seems to stretch out into infinity.
San Francisco Chronicle
G. Allen Johnson
Episodic and meandering, with several tedious stretches.
Film Journal International
Matthew Smith
Affecting feature from first-time director is an exercise in restraint.
New York Times
Manohla Dargis
Although its leisurely pace might be a bit tough going for restless Westerners, Mongolian Ping Pong is the kind of film that should be seen by children, not just adults.
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
Movies don't come any more charming than Mongolian Ping Pong.
Film-Forward.com
Kent Turner
The film's sly charms sneak up on you, if the beautiful and frequently breathtaking vistas of the wind-swept steppes haven't gotten to you first.
Slant Magazine
Nick Schager
The reverential, condescension-free Mongolian Ping Pong cultivates a spellbinding atmosphere of amazement.
City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul
Ed Gonzalez
Director Ning Hao snaps a pretty picture, tinged with bittersweet growing pains.
Variety
Derek Elley
A charming but overextended yarn.
Village Voice
Michael Atkinson
A sneaky comedy and, to boot, one of the most breathtaking cinematic records of landscape and sky ever filmed.
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