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Days of Being Wild (re-release)
  • Studio: Rim
  • Release Date: Nov 19, 2004
Metascore
96 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 14 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
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  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    100
    Sometimes cinema's highest achievements become clear only in retrospect. Days of Being Wild--now clearly revealed as one of the peaks of Hong Kong filmmaking and a masterwork of contemporary cinema giant Wong.
  2. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    100
    It's inexplicable that Wong's early masterpiece has been virtually absent from American screens since he completed it in 1991.
  3. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Carla Meyer
    100
    Superb.
  4. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Stephen Cole
    100
    It is a work of great beauty that rewards continued visits.
  5. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Ty Burr
    100
    Days of Being Wild shows Wong discovering his own cinematic language, and he's as astonished as we are.
  6. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Manohla Dargis
    100
    As he (Wong Kar-wai) floods the screen with beauty and fills the soundtrack with hypnotic rhythms, he forges a filmmaking style of incomparable eroticism.
  7. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Desson Thomson
    100
    Its themes of passion, heartbreak and the inexorable passage of time are eternal.
  8. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    100
    Wong Kar-wai's idiosyncratic style first became apparent in this gorgeously moody second feature.
  9. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Kim Morgan
    90
    Like Proust's madeleine unleashing a flood of reminiscences in the narrator of his novel, Wong works the elements of his aesthetic - music, beautiful people and emotion - into a mood that so overtakes you it's nearly impossible to emerge from his films without feeling slightly drunk.
  10. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Crust
    90
    Director Wong is at his best in this rerelease of the 1991 film.
  11. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Joey O'Bryan
    89
    All those seriously interested in foreign cinema are encouraged to take a look at this atmospheric drama -- sure to be remembered as one of the key achievements of the Hong Kong cinema in the 1990s.
  12. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Sean Axmaker
    83
    Doyle's handheld camerawork is intimate and curious and his hazy colors radiate off the screen.
  13. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not credited)
    80
    After years of work-for-hire, writer-director Wong Kar-wai found his creative voice, discovered his themes and styles, and solidified his collaborative creative team with this brilliant examination of one-way love and crashed relationships. (Review of Original Release)
  14. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: J. Hoberman
    80
    Revived (with vastly improved subtitles) some 14 years after it first stunned Hong Kong critics, Days of Being Wild is a sort of meta-reverie populated by a cast of beautiful young pop icons.
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User Score
7.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 39 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 17
  3. Negative: 3 out of 17
  1. mubagreen
    9
    when i watched the film ,it makes me to feel that oh you are watching something special.its an unusual movie. iam deeply impressed by the director kar wai wong who made this inexplicable movie. the characters in the film make us emotionally attached to them ,even after we watched the film.....… Full Review »
  2. tugrul
    7
    Can not tie unconnected stories into a central theme. "Birds without legs" imagery is forced. Narrative is Inconsistent (use of several inner voices, addressing the audience). Caricature eccentric mother, a girl starting with a dramatic effect but ending up as a meek character... Promises something but clearly over-valued.… Full Review »
  3. KennyC.
    9
    I was so hypnotized by its beauty the first time I saw it in the cinema that I paid to watch it again for the next 2 days. And for the next 17 years, I continued watching this movie again and again, first on VHS, then VCD and now DVD. And I never cease to be mesmerized by it.… Full Review »
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