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Chicago Sun-Times
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"The most exhilarating martial arts movie I have seen (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of four)" |
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New York Post
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"You have never seen a movie like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon because there has never been a movie like it" |
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Rolling Stone
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"Here is the kind of filmmaking magic that we’ve been missing for ages. [Lee] uses breathless storytelling, ravishing romance and martial-arts miracles to sweep us into adventures beyond our imagining" |
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The Hollywood Reporter
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A sweeping romantic epic with a strong feminist backbone (...) 'Crouching Tiger' also happens to boast a generous offering of seriously kick-ass action sequences that make 'The Matrix' seem downright quaint by comparison" |
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Entertainment Weekly
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"Soaring and romantic, wild and serene, feminist and gutsy, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is one of the best movies of the year." |
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The Guardian
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"[It] manages to be both electrifyingly exciting and sweetly romantic - qualities wrapped up in the preternatural innocence of a fairy tale." |
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Empire
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"A cinematic wonder that exceeds the necessities of plot. A martial arts opus packed with emotional resonance. (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of five)" |
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AV Club
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"'Crouching Tiger' wasn’t just a kung-fu movie; it was also a grand and lush romantic epic with as much in common with 'The English Patient' as it had with, say, 'Iron Monkey.'" |
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New York Daily News
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"Handsome, passionate and fun. It's everything we go to the movies for" |
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Philadelphia Inquirer
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"The best movie of 2000" |
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Los Angeles Times
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"'Crouching Tiger's' blend of the magical, the mythical and the romantic fills a need in us we might not even realize we had." |
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Austin Chronicle
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"A masterful synthesis of generic conventions and creative imagination, a sublime amalgam of some of the best tendencies and talent our times have to offer" |
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