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2046 (2005)

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Reviews Counted:106

Fresh:89

Rotten:17

Average Rating:7.4/10

Consensus: Director Wong Kar-Wai has created in 2046 another visually stunning, atmospheric, and melancholy movie about unrequited love and loneliness.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for sexual content

Runtime: 2 hrs 8 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Theatrical Release:Aug 5, 2005 Limited

Box Office: $1,237,566

Synopsis: Director Wong Kar-Wai's style reaches its fullest expression in his stunning film 2046. Picture-perfect period sets and costuming, finely wrought atmosphere, languid shots, glamorous cigarette... Director Wong Kar-Wai's style reaches its fullest expression in his stunning film 2046. Picture-perfect period sets and costuming, finely wrought atmosphere, languid shots, glamorous cigarette smoke, amber lamplight, and allusions to film noir. 2046 is a meditation on memory, eroticism, love, loss, and longing which surpasses the director's beautiful, widely acclaimed IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (2000) in terms of formal ambition and visual sumptuousness. With its intriguing, layered structure, the film follows the adventures of Chow Wo Man (Tony Leung), a womanizer who is writing a science fiction novel about a future year in which all memories are suspended. The film shuttles between the BLADE RUNNER-like world of Chow's futuristic novel (complete with androids and other metaphors of emotional disconnection) and late-'60s Hong Kong--where Chow writes from a hotel room, and engages in relationships with a series of beautiful, complex women (including the luminous trio of Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi, and Faye Wong). The film also journeys to Singapore and through the increasingly mysterious corridors of the protagonist's memory. 2046 resists tidy plot summaries with its disjointed, zigzagging construction. Yet, coupled with Wong's rich cinematography and dazzling formal techniques, it is as fluid, associative, and labyrinthine as memory itself. Sliding between keenly detailed realism (Wong's camera can capture the subtlest flicker of emotion in a characters' eyes) and lavish, expressionistic metaphor, the film is a deeply entrancing experience. Even given its jumbled, sometimes chaotic narrative, 2046 creates a poignant, emotionally charged, and richly rewarding experience. [More]

Starring: Tony Leung, Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi, Faye Wong

Starring: Tony Leung, Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi, Faye Wong, Maggie Cheung, Dong Jie, Carina Lau

Director: Wong Kar-Wai

Director: Wong Kar-Wai
Screenwriter: Wong Kar-Wai
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics

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In the mood for sublimity

Full Review Source: CinePassion | comment Comment
09/01/09
Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion

Seductive and luscious, a cinematic smorgasbord of sensuous delight.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
07/21/09
Dan Jardine
Dan Jardine
Apollo Guide
N/R

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10/18/08
Bob Mondello
Bob Mondello
NPR.org
N/R

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Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
10/18/08
Urban Cinefile Critics
Urban Cinefile Critics
Urban Cinefile

The romantic fatalism is so lush that you're invited to get lost in it.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
06/06/07
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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Quite simply an incomparably sublime work of art, a triumph of lyricism over narrative in the cinema, and the most exquisite homage to the beauty of women it has ever been my privilege to witness on the screen.

Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment Comment
04/25/07
Andrew Sarris
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer
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It may help if you grasp the many allusions to Wong’s earlier films (including, notably, Days of Being Wild), but it’s far from necessary. This, after all, is undeniably real cinema.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

A languid, shimmering mood piece from a master stylist, with some of Asia's finest actors at their peak.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
04/01/06
Damon Wise
Damon Wise
Empire Magazine

A visual feast, and it is very emotionally moving.

Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | comment Comment
03/09/06
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

Tematicamente óbvio e pouco ambicioso, 2046 é um filme que enche os olhos, mas que não tem muito a oferecer à mente e ao coração.

Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | comment Comment
01/06/06
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

The fascinating visuals and performances by Leung and the assortment of actresses like Gong, Zhang Ziyi and Maggie Cheung ensure that the film is still worth watching.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
Jeremy Mathews
Jeremy Mathews
Film Threat

Wong Kar-wai confirma, por si hacía falta, que es uno de los cineastas más precisos e integrales de la actualidad.

Full Review Source: Uruguay Total | comment Comment
12/03/05
Enrique Buchichio
Enrique Buchichio
Uruguay Total

Wong's film has enough arresting images and intriguing characters that it manages to cast its spell, even though -- like Chow's relationships -- the magic doesn't linger.

Full Review Source: Kalamazoo Gazette | comment Comment
12/01/05
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

“2046” feels like a lot of half-finished ideas all bound together with fancy ribbon.

Full Review Source: Capital Times (Madison, WI) | comment Comment
11/10/05
Rob Thomas
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)

Wong offers an artful meditation on the nature of love, making effective use of color schemes (yellows, greens and reds), placid shotmaking and diverse music to deliver a sultry portrait of postwar Hong Kong.

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
10/13/05
Bill Muller
Bill Muller
Arizona Republic
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Visually stunning.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
10/09/05
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

For viewers willing to look at the picture as they would an abstract painting, there are layers of enjoyment to be peeled back.

Full Review Source: Reno Gazette-Journal | comment Comment
10/07/05
Forrest Hartman
Forrest Hartman
Reno Gazette-Journal

Wong composes shots as if he were squeezing drops of liquid narcotic into the viewer's eyes.

Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | comment Comment
10/07/05
John Beifuss
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

Richly layered and at times harebrained, it is more a beautiful failure than a genuine masterpiece, but it is nevertheless something to see.

Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | comment Comment
10/07/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Visually ravishing and deeply melancholy.

Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | comment Comment
10/02/05
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk
 
 
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