Follows a young cyclo driver on his poverty-driven descent into criminality in modern-day Ho Chi Minh City. The boy's struggles to scratch out a living for his two sisters and grandfather in the mean streets of the city lead to petty crime on behalf of a mysterious Madame from whom he rents his cyclo.
Cyclo has generally received very positive reviews.
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Review of Cyclo (1996)
By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 02 Sep 2018
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By Marc Savlov (2,019) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 05 Dec 2000
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Cyclo was released in 1996 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 80 reviews, giving Cyclo (1996) an average rating of 75%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 85%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 77%.
With a score of 75%, Cyclo is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1996, which stands at 58%.
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