Chinese blockbusters may be far away from Hollywood, but Xiaogang Feng dares to innovate and completely subvert himself this time. To ask a director who has made a name for himself in comedy and has a solid audience to spend so much time trying something new is like a pioneer. Regardless of the result, it is worth applauding.
The frequent loopholes in the plot make the whole film less convincing, and more lacking in its profound and touching logic. It's all too staged - we're just looking at something that's been staged on purpose, and it's fake in the first place.
In the 2015 " Mainland Director's Work Rating List ", "The Banquet" scored 5.5 points.
