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Time and Tide
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60 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 23 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 23
  3. Negative: 2 out of 23
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  1. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Steven Rea
    88
    Kinetic and kooky, with a climactic shoot-out at a rail station that's daring in its ridiculousness.
  2. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Kim Morgan
    83
    A lyrical, exciting adrenaline rush.
  3. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Paul Malcolm
    80
    Extraordinarily witty (nothing new for this director) while coming off as a taunt to anyone who'd dare to follow in his wake.
  4. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    78
    This single film beats every other Hollywood action film of the past five years, hands down. It's not even close. Welcome back, Mr. Tsui.
  5. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    75
    Essentially a hyperactive showcase for Tsui Hark's ability to pile one unbelievably complex action sequence on top of another.
  6. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: John Petrakis
    75
    Gives you your money's worth and then some.
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  7. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    75
    At its most compulsive, this is the only action flick you'll need this summer.
  8. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: J. Hoberman
    70
    Jagged and jokey, filled with glam young people, lyrical Canto-Pop, and narrative non sequiturs, Time and Tide is Tsui's version of neo-new wave.
  9. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    70
    Visually, the film is a stunner with its impossibly mobile camera work. It is also all but impossible to hold on to the story line.
  10. New Times (L.A.)
    Reviewed by: Andy Klein
    70
    This is not Tsui's best film by a substantial margin, but it's immense fun.
  11. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Sean Axmaker
    67
    Ultimately feels hollow and slapdash.
  12. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Chris Kaltenbach
    63
    If only it had a plot mere humans could follow.
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  13. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Kevin Maynard
    60
    Makes for compulsive viewing even though its noirish plot doesn't make a lick of sense.
  14. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    60
    So crammed with plot twists that it's hard to follow, simultaneously ludicrous, sappy and casually dismissive of all the things Hollywood holds dear.
  15. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    60
    It's an opulent, if instantly disposable, kinetic joyride.
  16. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    60
    A woozy, disconnected piece of filmmaking about drugs, rock 'n' roll and the aftermath of sex.
  17. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    50
    Flashy but uninvolving crime thriller.
  18. Variety
    Reviewed by: David Stratton
    50
    An almost plotless effort that features charismatic stars and plentiful scenes of finely choreographed mayhem.
  19. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Stephen Hunter
    50
    The result is a cross between a hurricane and a tornado as run through a movieola dialed all the way up to 10.
  20. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Ernest Hardy
    40
    Unfortunately, whenever the story quiets down for exposition or to move the plot forward, it all becomes a grinding and often confusing bore.
  21. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Lisa Alspector
    40
    Sometimes come together exquisitely.
  22. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Foreman
    38
    It proves once again that it doesn't matter if the camera is dancing a jig on the ceiling if the storytelling is no good.
  23. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Chris Fujiwara
    38
    A desperate, cynical self-parody.
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8.5 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 12 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. TonyM
    3
    Not much plot or character development. There's the good, the bad and the ugly and lots of gun play and some grenade action. That’s about it.
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