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Days of Being Wild (re-release)
Universal acclaim
Based on 14 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 29 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama | Foreign
Written by: Wong Kar-Wai
Directed by: Wong Kar-Wai
Release Date:
Theatrical: November 19, 2004
DVD: October 19, 2004
Running Time: 94 minutes, Color
Origin: Hong Kong
Language(s): Cantonese (with English subtitles)
Summary
RATING: Not Rated
Starring Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Andy Lau, Carina Lau, Rebecca Pan, Jacky Cheung, Danilo Antunes, and Hung Mei-Mei
In his first hypnotic backward glance at Hong Kong in 1960, Wong Kar Wai creates a post-modern La Ronde set in a fluorescent labyrinth of cool desperation and unfulfilled need. Against the echoing rhythms of period rumbas, Days of Being Wild (1991) tracks a half dozen characters through their individual searches for intimate connection. (Kino International)
Also On Metacritic
FILM: 2046 Ashes of Time Redux Eros Fallen Angels Happy Together In the Mood for Love
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
It's inexplicable that Wong's early masterpiece has been virtually absent from American screens since he completed it in 1991.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Manohla Dargis
As he (Wong Kar-wai) floods the screen with beauty and fills the soundtrack with hypnotic rhythms, he forges a filmmaking style of incomparable eroticism.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
Sometimes cinema's highest achievements become clear only in retrospect. Days of Being Wild--now clearly revealed as one of the peaks of Hong Kong filmmaking and a masterwork of contemporary cinema giant Wong.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
Wong Kar-wai's idiosyncratic style first became apparent in this gorgeously moody second feature.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Desson Thomson
Its themes of passion, heartbreak and the inexorable passage of time are eternal.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Ty Burr
Days of Being Wild shows Wong discovering his own cinematic language, and he's as astonished as we are.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Stephen Cole
It is a work of great beauty that rewards continued visits.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Kim Morgan
Like Proust's madeleine unleashing a flood of reminiscences in the narrator of his novel, Wong works the elements of his aesthetic — music, beautiful people and emotion — into a mood that so overtakes you it's nearly impossible to emerge from his films without feeling slightly drunk.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kevin Crust
Director Wong is at his best in this rerelease of the 1991 film.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Joey O'Bryan
All those seriously interested in foreign cinema are encouraged to take a look at this atmospheric drama -- sure to be remembered as one of the key achievements of the Hong Kong cinema in the 1990s.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker
Doyle's handheld camerawork is intimate and curious and his hazy colors radiate off the screen.
Read Full Review >Village Voice J. Hoberman
Revived (with vastly improved subtitles) some 14 years after it first stunned Hong Kong critics, Days of Being Wild is a sort of meta-reverie populated by a cast of beautiful young pop icons.
TV Guide Staff (Not credited)
After years of work-for-hire, writer-director Wong Kar-wai found his creative voice, discovered his themes and styles, and solidified his collaborative creative team with this brilliant examination of one-way love and crashed relationships. (Review of Original Release)
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 7.7 (out of 10) based on 29 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Kenny C. gave it a9:
I was so hypnotized by its beauty the first time I saw it in the cinema that I paid to watch it again for the next 2 days. And for the next 17 years, I continued watching this movie again and again, first on VHS, then VCD and now DVD. And I never cease to be mesmerized by it.
Brian M gave it a10:
This and 2046 speak very loudly to a certain group of people. If you haven't been there, I wouldn't expect you to understand. To those it have, it's powerful stuff.
R G gave it a10:
one of the best movies i have ever seen and he keeps getting better with each i m not sure how that is possible every second of thsis movie is dripped in dealing with time and mix of emotions.
HEY METACRITIC gave it a10:
Yo, Metacritic. Why isn't this on the All-Time list when it has the second best score on the site? Give me a good reason and get back to me, thanks. [Ed.: It is Metacritic's policy not to include re-releases on the best/worst metascore lists.]
T Ngo gave it a10:
Just wonderful! I especially loved its meditation on time.
Suze gave it a3:
How could this possibly rank as the all-time 2nd best DVD, after The Godfather and tied with Dr. Strangelove?! It's slow, dull and unaffecting - but inexplicably, another critics' darling. Don't waste your time on this one.
Bernice H. gave it a10:
Loved this movie.
