79
Metascore
4 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Kate TaylorThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Kate TaylorBilled by the director as his tribute to cinema, One Second is affectionate and sweet – perhaps a bit too sweet, considering this premiere was much delayed after the film was held back by the Chinese government for supposed technical reasons in 2019.
- 75Slant MagazineJake ColeSlant MagazineJake ColeOne Second is as much a tribute to the struggles of a man whose life has stolen from him as it is to a bygone way of looking at movies.
- 75IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichNo matter how muddled it gets by the end, One Second also boasts something that even Zhang’s best movies haven’t always been afforded: A delicious and deeply layered sense of irony.
- 70Film ThreatAlan NgFilm ThreatAlan NgYes, stories like this have been told before, but there’s an earnest, sweet charm to it all that really works.