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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (1999)

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Reviews Counted:143

Fresh:139

Rotten:4

Average Rating:8.5/10

Consensus: The story is compelling, the acting is stellar, and the direction is fantastic. Chow Yun Fat and Michelle Yeoh provide the action of The Matrix plus the romance of Titanic.

Runtime: 2 hrs

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Dec 8, 2000 Limited

Box Office: $127,652,038

Synopsis: Known for making films about familial relationships, director Ang Lee surprised everyone with his martial arts epic CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON. Based on a novel by Wang Du Lu, CROUCHING TIGER... Known for making films about familial relationships, director Ang Lee surprised everyone with his martial arts epic CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON. Based on a novel by Wang Du Lu, CROUCHING TIGER starts with the revenge plot common in the wuxia stories that Lee loved as a child, then adds a feminist twist. Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun Fat) is a legendary martial artist who has decided to pass on his sword, the Green Destiny, to a friend. Soon afterward, the sword is stolen by a masked female, setting in motion events that test the bonds of family, love, duty, and sisterhood. Chow appears with three generations of female stars: Cheng Pei Pei, a 1960s action heroine; Michelle Yeoh, the beauty queen turned 1980s action goddess; and newcomer Zhang Ziyi, who smolders as the princess who wants more than domestic tranquillity. Famed action choreographer Yuen Woo-Ping (THE MATRIX) stages jaw-dropping zero-G fights across rooftops, rivers, and bamboo trees, while Yo-Yo Ma punctuates the fisticuffs with dramatic cello solos. Described by Lee as "SENSE AND SENSIBILITY with martial arts," CROUCHING TIGER recalls the best wuxia films of the 1960s and pushes the genre in new directions. [More]

Starring: Chow Yun Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, Ziyi Zhang

Starring: Chow Yun Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, Ziyi Zhang, Sihung Lung, Pei Pei Cheng, Fa Zeng Li, Xian Gao, Yan Hai, Deming Wang, Li Li

Director: Ang Lee

Director: Ang Lee
Screenwriter: James Schamus, Hui Ling Wang, Kuo Jung Tsai
Producer: Bill Kong, Li Kong Hsu, Ang Lee
Composer: Tan Dun
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics

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It's FANTASTIC!

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/08/02
Ron Wells
Ron Wells
Film Threat

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10/30/02
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

You've never seen a martial arts film like this one.

Full Review Source: San Diego Metropolitan | comment Comment
10/21/02
Jean Lowerison
Jean Lowerison
San Diego Metropolitan

A haunting, tragic fairy tale for the ages.

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10/15/02
Margaret A. McGurk
Margaret A. McGurk
Cincinnati Enquirer

Its breathtaking landscapes and tense physical confrontations feel like throwbacks to spaghetti (Sergio Leone) and bread and butter (John Ford) westerns.

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
10/10/02
Mark Halverson
Mark Halverson
Sacramento News & Review
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09/10/02
Kevin N. Laforest
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal

Not since Sandy Duncan's version of "Peter Pan" has such a cinematic masterpiece been caught on film.

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08/12/02
Joshua Tyler
Joshua Tyler
CinemaBlend.com
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08/02/02
Betty Jo Tucker
Betty Jo Tucker
ReelTalk Movie Reviews

Beautiful and elegant; marvelously shot and directed; touching, humorous, and thrilling, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is the movie of the year.

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07/12/02
Jeffrey Chen
Jeffrey Chen
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06/19/02
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

like being absorbed into the pages of every adventure story you loved as a child.

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06/15/02
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

Os personagens da história acabam tornando-se mais notáveis do que suas próprias qualidades como lutadores.

Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | comment Comment
05/31/02
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

A firebrand of a movie, bold, dramatic, and haunting.

Full Review Source: Decent Films Guide | comment Comment
05/08/02
Steven D. Greydanus
Steven D. Greydanus
Decent Films Guide
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03/24/02
Boston Phoenix

Quite simply, it blew me away.

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03/05/02
Jeremy Heilman
Jeremy Heilman
MovieMartyr.com

Our new century isn't very old yet, but the remaining 98 years will be hard pressed to find a more rapturous movie than Ang Lee's sumptuous new triumph.

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01/26/02
Gabriel Shanks
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12/10/01
Rich Cline
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11/27/01
Jules Brenner
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals

The crossover hit that (quite rightly) started all those high-flying wire-fu action pictures. With the redoubtable Chow Yun-Fat and Michelle Yeoh.

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11/16/01
David N. Butterworth
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10/30/01
Garth Franklin
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Latest News for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

September 13, 2006: Yeoh Joins "True North" and "Babylon A.D."
When we last saw Michelle Yeoh on the big screen, she was teaching Zhang Ziyi the finer points of how to stop a man in his tracks with a blink of the eyes in "Memoirs of a... More...

September 13, 2006: TORONTO: Zhang Ziyi, Yuen Woo-Ping's Latest "Banquet" Not Very Fulfilling
Zhang Ziyi and action director Yuen Woo-Ping last worked together in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," a movie which helped change audience perception that martial... More...

September 05, 2006: Solid Cast for John Woo's New "Battle"
John Woo is settling in on the early stages of his next moviie, "The Battle of Red Cliff," an epic story based on the beloved Chinese novel "Romance of the Three... More...

June 06, 2006: Weinsteins to Mount a Live-Action "Mulan"
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