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01/11/07
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Tears of the Black Tiger (2000)
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Reviews Counted:59
Fresh:45
Rotten:14
Average Rating:6.6/10
Consensus: With a vibrant pastel color scheme and stylized action sequences, Tears of the Black Tiger is a bizarre, yet thoroughly entertaining Thai western.
Theatrical Release:Jan 12, 2007 Limited
Synopsis: TEARS OF THE BLACK TIGER takes a journey back to a lost past – the heroic years of Thai genre cinema, when influences from Hollywood and everywhere else were subsumed into rollicking Thai... [More]
Starring: Chartchai Ngamsan, Stella Malucchi, Suppakorn Kitsuwan, Arawat Ruangvuth
Director: Wisit Sasanatieng
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Reviews for Tears of the Black Tiger
The movie is a long time coming, but the wait for the self-absorbed film to end seems even longer. Maybe the Black Tiger's tears are of frustration.
03/14/07
Has lots of pop energy and an admirable poker-face when it comes to its Douglas Sirk-ian storyline. And even though it's essentially a Frankenstein's monster stitched together from a zillion other movies, you really haven't seen anything like it.
04/26/07
Top CriticDespite its layers of references and patina of kitsch, the movie is sincere at its core, inspiring indulgence of its tinted-sepia flashbacks of childhood meet cutes and its over-the-top, mustache-twirling rival (Kitsuwon).
02/15/07
Mostly this is the kind of relentlessly postmodern "fun" best served in small portions, and preferably on dessert plates.
01/12/07
A deliberately laboured plot is offset by some fascinating action sequences.
09/04/01
A parody of and winking homage to the history of Thai melodrama, Wisit Sasanatieng's uproarious filmmaking debut exuberantly combines pop and kitsch with a wholesome belief in the thrills of bad art.
03/02/07
Top CriticA garishly colored pastiche of classic Thai movie genres that draws liberally on both American and Hong Kong influences.
03/02/07
An enjoyably energetic genre romp.
03/02/07
Top CriticThe result is something so old it's new, so corny it's funny. And while Tears of the Black Tiger is nothing more than entertaining, at least it's that.
03/01/07
Top CriticFor at least half its length, it's quite unlike anything else you've seen.
02/09/07
The cotton-candy colors threaten a diabetic attack but thereare good action sequences and good-natured performances.
01/02/07
The early scenes are interesting and enjoyable. And then the novelty wears off, but the film doesn’t end.
03/05/07
An oddity, all right: you may find it of interest once. I doubt if you'll want to see its like again.
12/15/03
The movie is fun to watch, with an attractive cast.
03/30/07
Wonderfully shot in an oh-so-bright colour scheme and laced with a delightful sense of humour, the tale of gunslinger Dum and his childhood sweetheart Rumpoey is a joy.
12/30/06
Represents an adventurous attempt to lampoon cowboy movies while simultaneously paying tribute to them.
01/09/07
It is nice just to sit back and let the day-glo colours wash over you, marvelling at the high-spirited energy.
12/07/07
By turns silly and overwrought, the film is too good-natured to dislike, but too flimsy to take seriously.
01/11/07
While I admire the cleverness of its mockery, and suspect it will gain some genuine cult status, it feels like a hollow exercise in style and a joke that goes on for far too long.
12/08/02
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