A masterpiece.
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01/01/00
Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
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Reviews Counted:23
Fresh:22
Rotten:1
Average Rating:8.5/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 5 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: When a beautiful young woman is selected to serve as concubine to an affluent man, she sadly accepts -- knowing that she has no other alternative to survive financially. Her fate, however, turns... [More]
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Reviews for Raise the Red Lantern
With its beautiful look and haunting themes and sublime performances, Raise The Red Lantern is Yimou's master work.
12/07/07
No review available.
08/22/03
The film is a bit slow in places, but it's so involving that the audience probably won't mind.
01/01/00
In purely aesthetic terms, Raise the Red Lantern is breathtaking.
01/01/00
Top CriticOne 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.
10/31/06
A defining example of Chinese movie-making and one of the best films of the '90s.
01/01/00
Top CriticA beautifully crafted and richly detailed feat of consciousness-raising and a serious drama with the verve of a good soap opera.
05/20/03
Top CriticNo review available.
09/03/02
No review available.
01/13/05
Raise the Red Lantern is like some exotic hothouse specimen that's beautiful to the eye yet caustic to the touch.
01/01/00
Funcionando tanto como drama quanto como alegoria, o filme desenvolve seu tema com uma fotografia não apenas belíssima, mas também simbólica.
03/28/06
Gong Li delivers a performance of exquisite expressiveness that, like the film itself, is unnerving in its emotional nakedness.
05/12/01
Top CriticNo review available.
05/19/05
Visually ravishing and emotionally cold, Zhang's third feature is one long series of pushes and pulls.
02/27/07
Top CriticNo review available.
11/19/04
A Chinese film of voluptuous physical beauty and angry passions.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe film is always engrossing.
01/09/02
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