Hero Reviews
Common Sense Media
Gorgeous martial arts movie for older kids.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Movie Views
Zhang weaves a complex and interesting story but the ultimate strength of Hero is its poetic beauty.
PopMatters
When we are not left agog by the pristine production design and costuming, we marvel at the various staged conflicts, each one bringing a new level of proficiency and polish to an already overripe genre.
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| Original Score: 4.5/5
ESplatter
... one of the best films of its kind and one of the most beautiful films ever made.
Paste Magazine
In what may be the movie's most spectacular set piece ... Zhang pits the sword against the pen and fends off war with knowledge and non-violence.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
eFilmCritic.com
Better experienced than discussed -- and better seen two or more times.
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| Original Score: 5/5
Cinema Writer
While consistently watchable, Yimou's movie is infused with a dirge-like tone...making it a somewhat wearisome and sluggish experience
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
Time Out
Top CriticDishes up some of the most extravagant doodling in cinema.
Goatdog's Movies
Each scene is a painting; within those paintings is a ballet of movement, in the guise of wire-aided martial arts.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Film Threat
An assured, loving cinematic tone poem to the martial arts genre.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Film Threat
The film's art direction, fight choreography, music, acting and especially cinematography are top notch, making this a movie I would highly recommend.
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| Original Score: 4.5/5
FromTheBalcony
Hero is a visual, emotional, and poetic masterpiece.
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| Original Score: A
Lessons of Darkness
Strikes a mildly resonant chord.
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| Original Score: B+
Cinema Sight
The crisp photography makes the movie what it is. The camera catches the beauty and devastation of each scene with a sharpness that rivals the greatest works in cinema history
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| Original Score: 4/4
Moviola
'Poética y sobrecogedora, es una obra de arte que nadie que ame el cine puede dejar de ver'
| Original Score: 4/4
Uruguay Total
Héroe no sería todo lo interesante que es sino estuviera filmada de la manera como está filmada.
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| Original Score: 3/5
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Chagall Martial Arts
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| Original Score: B
