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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for martial arts violence and some sexuality.
Starring Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, and Chen Chang
In 19th century China, a magical sword given by a warrior (Chow) to his lover (Yeoh) is stolen and the quest to find it ensues. The search leads to the House of Yu where the story travels into a different direction with the introduction of a mysterious assassin and another love story.
| GENRE(S): | Fantasy |
| WRITTEN BY: |
Hui-Ling Wang
James Schamus Kuo Jung Tsai Du Lu Wang (book) |
| DIRECTED BY: | Ang Lee |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: June 5, 2001 Video: June 5, 2001 Theatrical: December 8, 2000 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 120 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | China / Taiwan / USA |
| LANGUAGE(S): | Cantonese / Mandarin (with English subtitles) |
The film picked up four Oscars at the 73rd Academy Awards, including one for Best Foreign Film. Its unprecedented (for a foreign-language film) 10 Oscar nominations in 2001 included Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also picked up Golden Globes for Best Director and Best Foreign Film, and was named Best Feature at the 2001 Independent Spirit Awards. Also known as "Wo hu zang long"
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The average user rating for this movie is 7.0 (out of 10) based on 239 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Flux gave it a10:
The biggest problem with Crouching Tiger was that it's brilliance and success opened the door to all the incoherent, emperor-worshiping, "costumes and choreography over story" crap like Hero and Flying Daggers and Golden Blossom. Those later wuxia offerings were visual spectacles, but lacked story or plot. Which is perhaps why simple-minded fanboys prefer them to the intelligence and grace of this masterpiece.
Lee gave it a9:
This movie was 10x better the Pan's Labyrinth, which in my mind was sorely disapointing reguardless of the hype. A little long but it tells a great story!
Andrew R. gave it an8:
An artistically stylized martial arts movie with great performances from all.
Pama F. gave it a10:
This movie was mad. The graphics was really good and thestroy line was interesting.
Kevin G. gave it a3:
Boring! The story was long, drawn out, and had little to no redeeming qualities. The acting was good, though the whole idea of the movie was pushed at its "amazing" effects. I'm sorry, but people jumping around on trees obviously dangling from wires is not my idea of 'good' effects. Forget Crouching Tiger, Get "House of Flying Daggers" or "Hero". They are both 100% better than this.
Xou X. gave it an8:
The film was rather interesting due to its storyline but it lacks action prior to the other Hong Kong thrillers. Still a watchable movie worthy of an Oscar.
Johnny T gave it a9:
Most of the reviews seem to be all or nothing, for me, great acting, better story, beautifully filmed.
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