The World
2004, Drama, 2h 20m
46 Reviews 1,000+ RatingsWhat to know
Though perhaps too slowly paced and long, The World offers an intriguing glimpse into China's modernization and the growing ennui of some of its people. Read critic reviews
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Tao
Taisheng
Wei
Youyou
Yanqing
Niu
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Critic Reviews for The World
All Critics (46) | Top Critics (20) | Fresh (33) | Rotten (13)
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Jia's tenderness for his characters is infused with a quiet rage: as the wide-screen views freeze them in a confining emptiness, dead zones of action and dialogue suggest a land where imagination itself has been suppressed.
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January 15, 2006 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
A tonally flat experience. The movie's highs and lows are modulated to the point where nothing moves you or touches you in these lives of not-desperate-enough desperation.
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It's a heartbreaking, beautiful movie that gains strength from its deep characterizations.
September 16, 2005 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review… -
Its rewards come with patience and concentration.
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It has a romantic power that seeps into your bones, with its languid rhythms, general plotlessness, and fierce attention to surreal detail.
August 26, 2005 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for The World
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Jul 12, 2009Definitely worth watching for its' absolutely stunning cinematography. The film takes place almost entirely inside a 114-acre theme park, World Park, on the outskirts of Beijing. The park contains 1/3 scaled replicas of internationally renowned buildings and sites, including the Eiffel Tower, the Taj Mahal, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, London Bridge, etc. A slow-paced melodrama of contemporary Chinese society, with something to say about the growing uniformity of our world. <a href="http://s273.photobucket.com/albums/jj203/goji9000/?action=view¤t=world.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj203/goji9000/world.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>El Hombre I Super Reviewer
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Feb 08, 2009a unique vision of 'the world' as a theme park in beijing and the mundane lives of the workers there. a gorgeous looking film with surprise animated sequencesStella D Super Reviewer
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Jan 20, 2009A very dull and boring movie. I know it is supposed to show the bleakness of contemporary urban Chinese live in an oppositional context to the "World" (which is a large Disney Worldesque theme park). But personally, I think it utterly fills. There are many moments of silence, but they are not filled with despair or sadness but are just empty. One should not mistake silence and lowkey direction for deepness. There are many movies succesfully portraying dystopian societies (think Shane Meadows, De Sica etc.), but this is not one of them. Stay away.Henrik S Super Reviewer
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Sep 12, 2007An unfortunately average portrayal of how a culture interprets the rest of the world and adapts to it.Edward B Super Reviewer
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