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Lust, Caution (Se jie) (2007)
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Reviews Counted:140
Fresh:100
Rotten:40
Average Rating:6.6/10
Consensus: Ang Lee's Lust, Caution is a tense, sensual and beautifully-shot espionage film.
Theatrical Release: Sep 27, 2007 Wide
Box Office: $4.4M
Synopsis: An espionage thriller set in WWII-era Shanghai, in which a young woman, Wang Jiazhi, gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with a... [More]
Starring: Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Tang Wei, Joan Chen, Wang Lee Hom
Director: Ang Lee
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REVIEWS FOR LUST, CAUTION (SE JIE)
Lovers of genuine cinema will get blue balls
Aug 27, 2009
Though his direction is unsurprisingly beautiful, the settings lush and the performances wonderful, no one apparently had the guts to insist Lee streamline his rambling story.
Jul 24, 2009
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May 13, 2009
Top CriticLa mano experta de Ang Lee logra sostener el relato durante sus dos horas y media de duración, con algunos picos de intensidad en un par de escenas brillantemente resueltas.
May 7, 2009
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Apr 23, 2009
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Oct 18, 2008
Top CriticFor all Lee's meticulous control over this immaculately nuanced melodrama-thriller, there is a surprising lack of emotional draw.
Feb 28, 2008
What lingers is the suspicion that women carry a burden of war they can't ever put down, and that even noble idealists can justify turning their girls into whores.
Feb 22, 2008
Lee provides no such easy comfort, instead keeping audiences constantly off-kilter, purposefully frustrating them with character behavior that's just...wrong.
Feb 18, 2008
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Jan 15, 2008
Like the many facets of a diamond, the human heart can find its lustre in dark places. Ang Lee's tortuous film about love and betrayal takes passion through highs and lows as it leads us through its tense and riveting journey
Jan 14, 2008
There's no doubt while watching Ang Lee's Lust, Caution that you're in the hands of a supreme filmmaker.
Jan 9, 2008
Lust - the word that speaks of inflamed passions, repressed longing and seriously naughty sex stands ill at ease with this rather languid exploration of freedom fighting during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai in the early 1940s.
Jan 7, 2008
You leave the theatre a trifle exhausted but rewarded by a resonance few films possess.
Jan 4, 2008
Saucy sex scenes apart, however, it’s hard to get drawn into a slow-moving, drawn-out story that takes two-and-a-half po-faced hours to reach its jarringly abrupt and confusing conclusion.
Jan 4, 2008
A pleasure to watch a film as visually stylish as it is psychologically demanding. I wish it had been twice as long.
Jan 4, 2008
A shocking disappointment.
Jan 4, 2008
For his sheer muscular verve and ambition, Lee deserves a standing ovation.
Jan 4, 2008
LATEST NEWS FOR LUST, CAUTION (SE JIE)
November 12, 2009:
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The rule that no two Ang Lee movies are ever the same is confidently kept intact with the release of his latest, Taking Woodstock, a comedy about the true story behind the Woodstock music festival in...
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May 17, 2009:
Cannes 2009: RT Chats to Ang Lee and team Taking Woodstock
It's not every day you get to have lunch with Ang Lee, so when RT were invited to do just that today in Cannes we couldn't refuse. Also joining us, James Schamus, Demetri Martin, Emile Hirsch and...
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September 26, 2008:
Maggie Q to Star in Zhuangzhuang's Latest
Maggie Q has signed on for Tian Zhuangzhuang's "The Warrior and the Wolf," stepping in for Tang Wei after Wei's appearance in "Lust, Caution" got her banned from Chinese screens.
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February 18, 2008:
RT on DVD: Cram For The Oscars With Michael Clayton, In The Valley of Elah, And More Out This Week
Ready those Oscar ballots! With the Academy Awards around the corner, it's time to start catching up on what you missed in theaters. Snap up this week's offerings for award-nominated performances...
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January 9, 2008:
Ang Lee on Lust, Caution: The RT Interview
RT sits down for an exclusive chat with visionary director Ang Lee to find out more about Lust, Caution and the state of the American film ratings system.
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