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Shanghai is crippled by a weak story and fatally undermined by clunky direction, making for a period political drama that lacks all of its key components.
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All Critics (24) | Top Critics (11)
Cusack is halfway between Humphrey Bogart and Jimmy Stewart, and the result doesn't come together. Oct 7, 2015 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Cusack is halfway between Humphrey Bogart and Jimmy Stewart, and the result doesn't come together.
Katie Walsh
Even if an uncredited editor were hired to make clear sense of these pieces, the film wouldn't work. Oct 2, 2015 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Even if an uncredited editor were hired to make clear sense of these pieces, the film wouldn't work.
Nick Allen
You might be forgiven for expecting either an unfairly squelched masterpiece or an unholy mess. The movie is neither, although it falls closer to the mess side of the table. Oct 1, 2015 | Full Review…
You might be forgiven for expecting either an unfairly squelched masterpiece or an unholy mess. The movie is neither, although it falls closer to the mess side of the table.
Glenn Kenny
Under Mikael Håfström's visually clunky, rhythmless direction, it's a snooze of epic sameness: choppy action scenes, a blankly stern Cusack, and too many allegiance shifts to count or care for. Oct 1, 2015 | Full Review…
Under Mikael Håfström's visually clunky, rhythmless direction, it's a snooze of epic sameness: choppy action scenes, a blankly stern Cusack, and too many allegiance shifts to count or care for.
Robert Abele
It is hampered by weak writing and a badly executed story line. Oct 1, 2015 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
It is hampered by weak writing and a badly executed story line.
Tirdad Derakhshani
Director Mikael Hafstrom and a fine cast and crew have made a film that's elegant and gauche in roughly equal measure. Oct 1, 2015 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Director Mikael Hafstrom and a fine cast and crew have made a film that's elegant and gauche in roughly equal measure.
Mark Jenkins
Perhaps the greatest mystery this film never solves isn't why Shanghai fell, but rather how such a magnificent cast was ever swayed to climb aboard. Nov 4, 2017 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
Perhaps the greatest mystery this film never solves isn't why Shanghai fell, but rather how such a magnificent cast was ever swayed to climb aboard.
Courtney Howard
The true-life historical background is more compelling than the fictional melodrama. Oct 9, 2015 | Full Review…
The true-life historical background is more compelling than the fictional melodrama.
Todd Jorgenson
Written by the talented Hossein Amini and clearly inspired by spy and detective movies of the 1940s, this seems to have been a labor of love. But SHANGHAI is so convoluted that it eventually becomes lost. Oct 9, 2015 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Written by the talented Hossein Amini and clearly inspired by spy and detective movies of the 1940s, this seems to have been a labor of love. But SHANGHAI is so convoluted that it eventually becomes lost.
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Don't look for plausibility in this World War II epic set in China, just enjoy the lavishly produced, exotic and often exciting ride. Oct 1, 2015 | Full Review…
Don't look for plausibility in this World War II epic set in China, just enjoy the lavishly produced, exotic and often exciting ride.
David Noh
[A] turgid, anemic, already five-year-old motion picture from Swedish director Mikael Håfström. Oct 1, 2015 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…
[A] turgid, anemic, already five-year-old motion picture from Swedish director Mikael Håfström.
Dann Gire
It's all intriguing and breathtaking, along with a mournful, lovely score by Klaus Badelt, but not enough to compensate for the miserable writing. Sep 30, 2015 | Full Review…
It's all intriguing and breathtaking, along with a mournful, lovely score by Klaus Badelt, but not enough to compensate for the miserable writing.
Jeanne Kaplan
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