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Movie Info


Genre :

Drama

Release Date :

December 23, 2005

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Rob Marshall

Starring :

Ken Watanabe, Zhang Ziyi, Michelle Yeoh, Youki Kudoh, Koji Yakusho, Karl Yune, Ted Levine, Gong Li, Kaori Momoi, Tsai Chin, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  5 of 5 [Rate It]

3 of 4

“..Well worth seeing on the big screen..”
by Tim Knight [Reel]
3 of 4

“..puts new luster on the word "gorgeous."..”
by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
3 of 4

“..is worthwhile on many levels..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
3 of 5

“..hollow and empty..”
by Rob Vaux [Flipside Movie Emporium]
7.5 of 10

“..an epic love story that is sure to appeal to those who love romance..”
by Edward Douglas [Comingsoon]
4 of 5

“..a sumptuous fantasy with a gripping, emotional story..”
by Rich Cline [Shadows on the Wall]
4 of 4

“..a major contender for Best Picture come Oscar time..”
by [Cinema Signals by The Filmiliar Cineaste]
2.5 of 5

“..a lush, operatic period piece that abounds in detail, incident and spectacle and yet seldom connects on the emotional plane..”
by Sheri Linden [Boxoffice Magazine]
2 of 5

“..a beautiful film to look at, but ultimately it's too slow-moving and emotionally vacuous..”
by David Mercier [FilmJudge]
5 of 10
Reviewed by Le Apprenti [Movie-Vault]
5 of 5
Reviewed by Alexis Tuminello [The Cinema Source]
4.5 of 5
Reviewed by Chris Vognar [The Dallas Morning News]
3.5 of 5
Reviewed by [E! Online]
3.5 of 5
Reviewed by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Jami Bernard [New York Daily News]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by James Verniere [Boston Herald]
2.5 of 5
Reviewed by Hanh Nguyen [Zap2it]
2.5 of 5
Reviewed by Eric Lurio [Greenwich Village Gazette]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Erik Childress [EFilmCritic]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Andrea Chase [Killer Movie Reviews]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Chris Barsanti [Filmcritic]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Gene Seymour [Newsday]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Peter Keough [The Boston Phoenix]
1 of 4
Reviewed by Ross Anthony [Hollywood Report Card]
Reviewed by David Denby [The New Yorker]
Reviewed by Ken Eisner [Georgia Straight]
Reviewed by Ed Gonzalez [Slant Magazine]
Reviewed by Dennis Lim [Village Voice]
Reviewed by Kirk Honeycutt [The Hollywood Reporter]

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Love this film.

posted by Mandip on Mar 08, 2009

Love this film.

posted by Mandip on Mar 08, 2009

I LOVE THIS MOVIE!

posted by Mar on May 14, 2009

This film is the best how i ever saw. =)

posted by Jacky on Jun 30, 2009
 
 

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