When the curtain falls, not a dry eye is left in the house, on-stage or off. Renowned Taiwanese film director Hou Hsiao-hsien praised Kite in the Storm as a "simple, moving" story.
簡單又切身的情節，不僅謝幕時台上台下都紅了眼眶，侯孝賢更給予「素樸而動人」的好評。