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- 2015
- R
- The Weinstein Company
- 1 h 45 m
- 2015
- R
- The Weinstein Company
- 1 h 45 m
Summary A '40s period piece which revolves around an American expat who returns to Shanghai in the months before Pearl Harbor due to the death of his friend.
Directed By: Mikael Håfström
Written By: Hossein Amini
- 2015
- R
- The Weinstein Company
- 1 h 45 m
- 2015
- R
- The Weinstein Company
- 1 h 45 m
Shanghai
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6.3
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Summary A '40s period piece which revolves around an American expat who returns to Shanghai in the months before Pearl Harbor due to the death of his friend.
Directed By: Mikael Håfström
Written By: Hossein Amini
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
36
0% Positive
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0 Reviews
57% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
43% Negative
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
Håfström’s noir vision does have some slick atmosphere, including some great things to look at, but it has very little to grab onto, never mind take out of the theater, other than a headache.
The spectacular international cast... bring a lot of life to the movie’s uncooperative story material.
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 User Ratings
6.3
43% Positive
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Shanghai is an exercise in retro glamour, alluring decadence and tough-guy posing, all of which it delivers in sufficient quantities.
This derivative, ploddingly plotted WWII-set thriller goes through all the motions of an old-school wartime spy pic with plenty of technical competence but zero panache.
Hossein Amini’s script leaves good actors like John Cusack, Ken Watanabe and Chow Yun-Fat flailing.
Cusack's low-simmering performance keeps the drama at a tediously low boil.
Everything in Mikael Håfström's film is needlessly bloated to accommodate its status as an international, prestige production.
