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Better Luck Tomorrow (2003)
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Reviews Counted:95
Fresh:76
Rotten:19
Average Rating:7/10
Consensus: A promising work by Lin, the energetic Better Luck Tomorrow is disturbing and thought-provoking.
Theatrical Release:Apr 11, 2003 Limited
Box Office: $3,687,324
Synopsis: Everyone knows a person like Ben - the perfect Asian American high school teen - extremely intelligent, a perfectionist, overachiever whose tunnel vision leads to nothing less than graduating at... [More]
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Reviews for Better Luck Tomorrow
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Spends more time avoiding Asian-American stereotypes than it does making sense of its characters and plot. Full Review |
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79/100 |
Has an optimistic outlook that uses pessimistic results in a manner fitting for a film of such solid morality. Full Review |
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5/5 |
Um filme do qual Martin Scorsese pode se orgulhar.
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2/5 |
You could have replaced everyone in this movie with the cast of some lily-white show like Dawson's Creek and nobody would notice the difference. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Justin Lin’s biggest accomplishment is providing a stereotype-shattering insiders’ view of the angst and rage of a group of Asian teenagers ... Full Review |
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3/5 |
[I]f the story has some rough edges, well, it’s a first film. Full Review |
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A |
Doesn’t settle for easy thriller plot twists. Full Review |
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4/5 |
At times Lin's story slides into crime cliches, but whatever he lacks in plotting he makes up for in style and brute emotional force. Full Review |
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. . .its bolder themes and naked ambition heighten the sense of disappointment towards the film’s end when it fails to deliver on its initial promise. Full Review |
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3/4 |
The picture's relative uniqueness is what intrigues and compels, marking Better Luck Tomorrow as important, if not ultimately entirely successful. Full Review |
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A- |
A powerful and unpredictable film. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
Reviewers seem surprised that a young Asian-American filmmaker has been reading Bret Easton Ellis and watching Quentin Tarantino, when in reality the opposite would be startling... Full Review |
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2/4 |
Those looking for the gangster movie seen in the TV spots will be seriously disappointed. Full Review |
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a fairly provocative look at teenage life, featuring the kinds of multidimensional characters that aren't typically included in movies aimed at the high school crowd. Full Review |
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B |
...a worthy movie, but it shouldn’t be the best one Justin Lin ever makes. Full Review |
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For Asian-Americans, the perception of their culture takes a new turn in “Better Luck Tomorrow”, Director Justin Lin’s wonderful bold new film that is well acted by an amazing ensemble. Full Review |
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Unique, highly entertaining, completely uncompromising and terrifically acted. Full Review |
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