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Mimi Wong

Mimi Wong's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
Biography:

Mimi Wong is an art and culture writer whose work has appeared in Catapult, Electric Literature, Hyperallergic, Literary Hub, Mediaversity Reviews, and Refinery29. She is also the Editor-in-Chief of the online literary magazine The Offing.

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Movies TV Shows
Eternals (2021) 47% A EDIT “Eternals, which boasts the most diverse Marvel cast to date, may not be to everybody's taste-particularly those who find comfort in tradition.” – Mediaversity Reviews Jan 17, 2022 Full Review Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) 92% B EDIT “Although celebrated as a representational win for Asians, the issues that lurk beneath the surface of Shang-Chi leave me wondering when a necessary reckoning will happen.” – Mediaversity Reviews Sep 21, 2021 Full Review Five Feet Apart (2019) 52% B EDIT “Five Feet Apart uses illness as a plot device to heighten emotions rather than simply allowing compelling characters to tell their own stories.” – Mediaversity Reviews Aug 26, 2021 Full Review Kin (2018) 36% C+ EDIT “Kin remains faithful to the portrayal of a lonely Black boy, whose discovery of a mysterious weapon allows him to become something of a superhero.” – Mediaversity Reviews Jul 16, 2021 Full Review Chaos Walking (2021) 21% C EDIT “In the hands of a different filmmaker, Chaos Walking could have put forth a potent message.” – Mediaversity Reviews Jun 24, 2021 Full Review Try Harder! (2021) 97% B EDIT “While Try Harder! hints at the correlation between anti-Blackness and the model minority myth, it never quite threads anything together.” – Mediaversity Reviews Jan 31, 2021 Full Review As You Are (2016) 71% B EDIT “It's exciting to see how easily this younger generation is able to dismantle heteronormativity.” – Mediaversity Reviews Sep 19, 2020 Full Review Isle of Dogs (2018) 90% C EDIT “Isle of Dogs emphasizes the inscrutability and Otherness of its Japanese characters.” – Mediaversity Reviews Aug 1, 2020 Full Review Annihilation (2018) 88% B EDIT “Seeing five women dominate the screen initially felt like a victory.” – Mediaversity Reviews Aug 1, 2020 Full Review Tigertail (2020) 83% B EDIT “The lack of dimensionality given to the daughter's story weakens the potential impact of Tigertail.” – Mediaversity Reviews Apr 18, 2020 Full Review Columbus (2017) 96% EDIT “Visually arresting and replete with contemplative moments, Columbus spotlights the eponymous Indiana town... Exquisitely rendered by cinematographer Elisha Christian, the otherwise quotidian structures of banks, libraries, and hospitals all become seen.” – Hyperallergic Feb 7, 2020 Full Review Crazy Rich Asians (2018) 91% B+ EDIT “Crazy Rich Asians has been burdened with a great deal of responsibility.” – Mediaversity Reviews Aug 18, 2019 Full Review The Rider (2017) 97% A- EDIT “Chloé Zhao's The Rider serves as a testament for why making the extra effort to tell underrepresented stories matters.” – Mediaversity Reviews Aug 18, 2019 Full Review If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) 95% A- EDIT “The audience sees Tish and Fonny as they see each other: fully realized, at the center of their world, and as people deserving of love.” – Mediaversity Reviews Aug 18, 2019 Full Review The Favourite (2018) 93% B EDIT “Period films have touched on same-sex romance, but the way The Favourite centers a lesbian love triangle feels utterly new.” – Mediaversity Reviews Aug 18, 2019 Full Review
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