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Raise the Red Lantern (Da hong deng long gao gao gua) (1991)

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Average Rating: 7.6/10
Critic Reviews: 10
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 1

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In 1920's China, an attractive new concubine to a wealthy master arouses tension amongst the other wives.

PG, 2 hr. 5 min.

Art House & International, Drama

Feb 14, 2006

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All Critics (30) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (25) | Rotten (2) | DVD (6)

Visually ravishing and emotionally cold, Zhang's third feature is one long series of pushes and pulls.

February 27, 2007 Full Review Source: Village Voice | Comment
Village Voice
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A beautifully crafted and richly detailed feat of consciousness-raising and a serious drama with the verve of a good soap opera.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
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Gong Li delivers a performance of exquisite expressiveness that, like the film itself, is unnerving in its emotional nakedness.

May 12, 2001 Comment
Rolling Stone
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A near-perfect movie that often recalls the visual purity and intensity of silent films.

January 1, 2000 Comment
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In purely aesthetic terms, Raise the Red Lantern is breathtaking.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comment
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The story never amounts to much more than a rather tepid Chinese rendition of The Women.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comment
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With its beautiful look and haunting themes and sublime performances, Raise The Red Lantern is Yimou's master work.

December 7, 2007 Full Review Source: Eye for Film | Comment
Eye for Film

One of Yimou's two or three masterpieces, this visually stunning film offers an extraordinary view of gender, sexuality, female rivalry and bonding in a historical context (1920s China) that bears some political relevance to the present time.

October 31, 2006 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | Comment

Funcionando tanto como drama quanto como alegoria, o filme desenvolve seu tema com uma fotografia não apenas belíssima, mas também simbólica.

March 28, 2006 Comment
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Audience Reviews for Raise the Red Lantern (Da hong deng long gao gao gua)

A House of traditions and customs haunted by scandal, hatred, and deceit; Raise The Red Lantern is aesthetically breathtaking strengthened by a young Gong Li's glorious performance. Silently intense and deeply metaphorical. Sublime.

September 9, 2011
Jan Marc Macababayao

Super Reviewer

Elegant staid compositions, flowing rooftops, a hundred shades of red and yellow light surrounded by grey, patriarchy depersonalized with long shots and curtains, Gong Li... The filmmakers seem a bit overeager for their ending, which is out of romantic fiction... Mao is coming, you know

December 25, 2010
adammahler1

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