Popmatters
Cynthia Fuchs
Wang-Breal's fascinating film is alternately poignant and distressing, following Sui Young’s difficult transition from one life to another, one world to another.
Cynthia Fuchs
Wang-Breal's fascinating film is alternately poignant and distressing, following Sui Young’s difficult transition from one life to another, one world to another.
Dennis Harvey
Vivid personalities and a sharp eye for telling detail make this well-packaged docu an ingratiating winner.
Janos Gereben
...reminiscent of Sofia Coppola’s "Lost in Translation," except that much is found in "Wo ai ni Mommy" — instead of being lost.
...absorbing record of the family"s first year and a half together, with all its adjustments and attachments.
Amna Akbar
Wo Ai Ni Mommy is an emotionally intense film and it raises many issues related to family, race and gender.
Film critic Bari Biern picks WO AI NI MOMMY as one of three must-see films at Silverdocs.
Ian Buckwalter
Wang-Breal, herself a first-generation Chinese-American, makes this an intimate (sometimes uncomfortably so) look at one family's experience with transracial international adoption...
Tiffani Knowles
Wo Ai Ni Mommy, directed by Stephanie Wang-Breal, delicately yet incisively explores the sensibilities of both the frightened Fang Sui Yong of Guangzhou, China and the Jewish Long Islanders who adopt her.
Momo Chang
Sui Yong’s transformation in such a short period is utterly shocking, and you won't be able to peel your eyes from the screen.
John
Wo Ai Ni [I love you] Mommy is more than a film about adoption; it is also an amazing story of love and family.
Geneva Anderson
This is a deeply moving and intelligent film that probes the very heart of what family means while exploring issues of identity, cultural assimilation, and bonding.