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Purple Butterfly
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68 out of 100

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7.5 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings

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  • Starring: Tôru Nakamura, Ye Liu, Ziyi Zhang
  • Summary: An epic tale of doomed passion, mistaken identity and the terrible personal cost of political resistance. (Palm Pictures)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: G. Allen Johnson
    100
    A gorgeously shot, ambitious epic.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    58
    Too often, Purple Butterfly is as impenetrable as Zhang's placid, obdurate beauty.
  3. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Ty Burr
    38
    Ye bites off substantially more than he can chew.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 1 out of 3

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