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  • Release Date: Jul 27, 2005
Metascore
57 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
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  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: G. Allen Johnson
    100
    One of the best Hong Kong films of 2002.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Derek Elley
    80
    An utterly charming retro romancer set against a background of '70s movie going. Full of lovely touches and well-etched performances, and flawed only by a bland male lead.
  3. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    75
    A romantic kung-fu comedy with a good heart.
  4. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Frank Scheck
    60
    Fails to overcome its recycled elements but displays a winning spirit that's hard to dislike.
  5. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Lawrence Van Gelder
    60
    Like Giuseppe Tornatore's "Cinema Paradiso," Just One Look is a tribute to the formative power of cinema, a coming-of-age film that nimbly interweaves the adolescent hero's struggles with clips from the movies that shape his romanticized notions of life.
  6. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Fred Camper
    60
    While not particularly cohesive, this 2002 film has some nice moments of comedy and father-son poignancy.
  7. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    50
    Filled with nostalgia for old Chinese movies, respectable performances and lively kung-fu slapstick.
  8. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Scott Tobias
    50
    Fantasy sequences in which Yu and his friends are thrown into the world of a '70s kung-fu film or melodrama seem like a clever way to evoke the period and bring their story to another plane, but they just end up looking cheesy, spoiled by half-executed effects. "Goodbye, Dragon Inn" this ain't.
  9. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Akiva Gottlieb
    30
    Dishwater-dull period melodrama.

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