According to Perry Lam of Muse Magazine, 'Chou plays his role with a mix of nonchalance and self-righteousness which is simply irritating.

Perry Lam of Muse Magazine wrote, "Overall, the movie lacks the flashes of life and brilliance that mark the best works in the genre."

Hong Kong film critic Perry Lam, however, wrote a largely negative review in Muse Magazine: "You get the sense that the director hasn't really made up his mind about what kind of movie he wants Red Balloon to be.

Perry Lam of Muse Magazine gave the film a mixed review, writing that 'it's a decent commercial entertainment designed to satisfy our residual, vulgar longing for the intensely romantic.'

Perry Lam of Muse Magazine praised 'the unreserved energy Feng devotes to delivering us the predictable, coupled with the unembarrassed pleasure we take in enjoying the obvious.

In an in-depth interview with Muse Magazine in 2007, Gill discusses his cultural identity and confesses to seeing himself "like an ambassador for my people".

Perry Lam of Muse Magazine, for example, comments that Tang 'exudes charisma and star appeal, even in jeans and sneakers, but I have no doubt that she could have stretched her role a lot further if the script had allowed her.'

Perry Lam of Muse Magazine called the movie 'an object lesson in how bad casting can skew a movie irredeemably.'

Perry Lam of Muse Magazine wrote, 'As a writer, Ho excels as a miniaturist.

Writing in Muse Magazine, however, Perry Lam gave a negative review, criticizing 'Jiang's timidity and the small-mindedness of his new movie.'