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Morning Herald Paul Byrnes gave it a mixed review writing "The film has competing impulses and ambitions, rather than a feel of unity. Chan does not balance the interior life of the characters with the exterior drama. The interior has all the tension; the fight between colonials and nationalists has very little, making it seem an exotic backdrop." Neil Jillett from the Age was also mixed, finishing "Despite the filmâs clumsiness in political and professional matters, Chan does draw with considerable subtlety a parallel between the Michael-Louise situation and the way the French and the Vietnamese - the imperialists and the colonised - view each other. So âTrapsâ, at its best, is a film that works, with considerable naturalistic and metaphorical power, on two levels." In Cinema Papers Scott Murray gave it a mixed review, finishing "Traps is not an overly successful film, but, as first films in Australia go, it is a good start. If Chan has tackled more than she can handle, this is surely preferable to the many minor-key efforts passing as striking dĂ©buts these days." The Sun-Herald's Rob Lowin gave it two stars noting "Traps doesnât succeed - there are too many holes in plot and spaces in characterisation to weave the required tapestry. But as a calling card, it's memorable." The Sunday Age's Tom Ryan also gave it two stars calling it a "Thoughtful Australian drama set in Vietnam and dealing with displaced people and their struggle for liberation." In
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tell a complex story." In the LA Times Kevin Thomas called it "awkward, painfully sincere" finishing ""Traps" is such a passionately committed film that it generates considerable raw emotion, and there's a great deal of honesty in the way Chan's four principals fumble around, sensing a need to connect with themselves and each other. But in delving into messy lives, entangled in politics and emotions, Chan has been unable to keep her film from seeming something of a mess itself." San
Francisco Chronicle's Peter Stack states "Though the film is weakened by an ending that seems to trail off, "Traps" is tantalizing." San Francisco Examiner's Barbara Shulgasser finishes "Chan loses her way as the film ends. She decides to wrap up the proceedings by targeting a convenient villain. But she doesn't prepare us for this sudden and surprising evil. When a country erupts into gory retribution and murder, villains and heros become difficult to tell apart anyway."
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