In the Boston Globe, Cate McQuaid reviews the film: «Andrew Neel
splices old footage of interviews with his grandmother alongside his own talks with her sons, other family members, scholars, and friends.
Yang
splices together
footage of performers carrying out mundane, jovial behavior in the gardens, such as young men chasing peacocks and couples canoodling, with more questionable acts that include
older men in makeshift bathing suits mimicking the motions of swimming while laying on woven mats.