On Rotten Tomatoes , the film has a 78 % positive rating from critics , with a 85 % positive rating from top critics . A. O. Scott of '' The New York Times '' praised the film , saying " ' Goodbye Dragon Inn ' has a quiet , cumulative magic , whose source is hard to identify . Its simple , meticulously composed frames are full of mystery and feeling ; it 's an action movie that stands perfectly still . " J. Hoberman of '' The Village Voice '' also liked the film : " And because Tsai is the director , '' Goodbye Dragon Inn '' is also a movie of elegant understatement and considerable formal intelligence . " Tsai considers this one of his best films and chose it as one of his entries of the 10 greatest films of all time in the 2012 Sight & Sound Directors ' Poll . Directors Monte Hellman and Apichatpong Weerasethakul also voted for this film in the same poll . The film won several awards , including the FIPRESCI Prize at the 60th Venice International Film Festival and the Best Feature Gold Plaque at the Chicago International Film Festival
60th Venice International Film Festival
60th Venice International Film Festival
Goodbye, Dragon Inn