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75Epic in sweep and scale and packs in enough incident to cover two "Godfather" movies.
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70Has enough going for it to make it likely worth the effort for fans of Asian cinema, but it does seem an opportunity missed.
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60The most interesting threads aren't political but personal, with a melodramatic romance providing some well-earned tears. Your final thoughts, however, are likely to concern Jennifer Tilly, who's so bizarrely miscast as a severe missionary that her presence becomes its own distraction.
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60This weirdly engaging tale of banking and bad behavior makes 19th-century China look uncomfortably like 21st-century America.
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Jun 9, 201150The movie is occasionally muddled and always melodramatic, yet it's pictorially compelling, thanks to dramatic locations and exacting art direction.
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50An historical drama so swamped by its soap opera crescendos, no resonant story can survive the wet.
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50It's decent, exoticized pulp with a porcelain veneer, and should be consumed idly.
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38From overwrought flashbacks of Third Master and Madame Kang's initial meetings (and sexual encounter), to the present-day arguments and maneuverings of Lord Kang, Empire of Silver is so determined to stage its material with reverence that it embalms any flickers of passion or tension.
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