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- 2003
- R
- Metrograph Pictures
- 1 h 59 m
- 2003
- R
- Metrograph Pictures
- 1 h 59 m
Summary Set in Taipei, this is the story of a young woman trapped in several bad relationships.
Directed By: Hsiao-Hsien Hou
Written By: T'ien-wen Chu
- 2003
- R
- Metrograph Pictures
- 1 h 59 m
- 2003
- R
- Metrograph Pictures
- 1 h 59 m
Millennium Mambo
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6.0
Where to Watch
Summary Set in Taipei, this is the story of a young woman trapped in several bad relationships.
Directed By: Hsiao-Hsien Hou
Written By: T'ien-wen Chu
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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75% Positive
9 Reviews
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25% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
72
75% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
25% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Cause for celebration. It's not only a cracking good film, but it is the first by Taiwanese master Hou Hsiao-hsien to gain a national (though limited) release.
This extraordinary work of cinematic art is among the most sublime, compelling and beautifully crafted films to grace the big screen.
Jean-Luc Godard famously declared that all it takes to make a movie is a girl and a gun. Both turn up in Millennium Mambo, a ravishing bauble about la dolce vita in Taiwan, but frankly, the gun's an afterthought. This is a movie about the girl.
If Millennium Mambo is the only chance to see Hou Hsaio-hsien's work at a movie theater, you'd better take it.
There's wonderful promise in Hou's attempt to make a movie about the kind of woman who's usually part of the scenery.
In a sense, Millennium Mambo is a mildly prurient portrait of Shu moving, drinking, smoking, and changing clothes -- it's analogous to one of Andy Warhol's Edie Sedgwick films, but without the existential drama. Who really cares what costume this poor girl will wear to all tomorrow's parties?
A slow, empty, over-mannered snoozer that shows Taiwanese helmer Hou Hsiao-hsien asleep at the wheel.
User Score
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Based on 8 User Ratings
6.0
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Based on 8 User Ratings
6.0
63% Positive
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25% Mixed
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13% Negative
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Awards
Golden Horse Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 5 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Ghent International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
