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Fa Yeung Nin Wa (In the Mood for Love) (2000)

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88

Average Rating: 7.6/10
Reviews Counted: 98
Fresh: 86 | Rotten: 12

This understated romance, featuring good performances by its leads, is both visually beautiful and emotionally moving.

85

Average Rating: 7.6/10
Critic Reviews: 27
Fresh: 23 | Rotten: 4

This understated romance, featuring good performances by its leads, is both visually beautiful and emotionally moving.

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Average Rating: 4.4/5
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For his first film since the 1997 Hong Kong handover, auteur filmmaker Wong Kar-wai directs this moody period drama about unrequited love that, like his earlier work, swoons with romantic melancholy. Set in a Shanghaiese enclave in Hong Kong in 1962, the film centers on two young couples who rent adjacent rooms in a cramped and crowded tenement. Li-zhen (Maggie Cheung) works as a secretary in an export company while her husband's job at a Japanese multinational keeps him away on extended

PG, 1 hr. 37 min.

Drama, Romance, Art House & International

Kar-Wai Wong

Mar 5, 2002

USA Films

All Critics (114) | Top Critics (31) | Fresh (90) | Rotten (12) | DVD (28)

Wong Kar-wai tricks up the schmaltz with a lot of avant-garde filigree. He's that most suspect of hybrids: a pop-schlock aesthete.

September 26, 2002 Full Review Source: New York Magazine | Comments (2)
New York Magazine
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Stylized, set-designed to the last hair wisp, the film is a mixture of bold devices with delicate understatement that leave a remarkable aftereffect.

March 19, 2002 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | Comment
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I didn't much care for this very strange movie.

March 26, 2001 Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee | Comments (4)
Sacramento Bee
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A feast for the eyes and succor for the soul.

March 16, 2001 Comment
Philadelphia Inquirer
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Recommended to anyone who's ever felt the fear and lure of falling in love.

March 5, 2001 Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | Comment
TIME Magazine
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The sexiest movie of the year.

March 2, 2001 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comment
Washington Post
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The emotional richness of the piece undeniably pierces the heart.

March 26, 2010 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | Comment
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Agençant parfaitement la simplicité de son récit à la complexité de sa mise en scène, Wong Kar Wai nous livre au final un chef-d'%u0153uvre incontestable en son genre.

February 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Panorama | Comments (2)

When you're in the mood for subtitles and more art than action or plot, check out Wong Kar-wai's highly regarded In the Mood for Love

August 14, 2004 Comment
Reel.com

As this lovely film moves from allegro to adagio, it never loses its pervasive sense of loneliness.

June 25, 2004 Full Review Source: Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) | Comment

It rivals the impact...Lost Highway [had for me], and is easily one of the best films I have ever seen.

February 21, 2004 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Fa Yeung Nin Wa (In the Mood for Love)

Possibly the most unique and finely crafted romances to ever grace the silver screen. Wong Kar Wai, known for his work capturing the intimate lives of those living in a densely-packed metropolis & capturing the beautifully-lit Hong Kong city-scapes with the help of cinematographer Christopher Doyle, soulfully indulges

February 8, 2011
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Reid Volk

Super Reviewer

In The Mood For Love is a Kar-Wai Wong delicate masterpiece of shared sorrow inflicted by distant and adulterous spouses. Elegance despite treachery. Stylized and sophisticated cinema artistry. Sultry soundtrack. Exquisite.

September 10, 2011
Jan Marc Macababayao

Super Reviewer

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