Like Hitchcock, Mr. Wong is at once a voyeur and fetishist par excellence.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Ty Burr
The new film lives up to expectations and, indeed, pushes past them into virtually unmapped territory.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
There are many places a visitor may go astray in 2046 -- places where the filmmaker appears to be a bit at loose ends too. Still, Wong's invitation -- ''Let's get lost'' -- is irresistible.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Michael Atkinson
Mood is everything, trumped up by a score so rich with pop songs, bossa nova drama, and symphonic mournfulness it's almost a movie on its own. 2046 may be a Chinese box of style geysers and earnest meta-irony, but that should not suggest there aren't bleeding humans at the center of it.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Carina Chocano
Wong brilliantly blends musical styles and eras to create an intoxicating mood.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Andrew O'Hehir
You may feel lost or bewildered at times in 2046 (and I certainly did), and you may feel that Chow is suffering from self-inflicted wounds. But every new adventure with every new girl vibrates with possibility, and the filmmaking is so stunning that you may not care that this is less a movie with a plot and characters than a hermetically sealed universe of romantic regret.Read Full Review »
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NewsWeek: David Ansen
In this gorgeously melancholic fresco of love affairs, Tony Leung Chiu Wai plays a womanizing pulp-fiction writer in '60s Hong Kong.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Steven Rea
Nat King Cole croons a Christmas chestnut, an opera wafts into the ether, Latin jazz sways. It's all terribly atmospheric, and if you're in the mood for atmosphere, 2046 delivers.Read Full Review »
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Time: Richard Corliss
Even if a Chinese movie doesn't sound like your idea of summer fun, give 2046 a chance. Its pearly artistry and gorgeous faces should put you quickly, deeply, in the mood for love.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
Since it is by Wong Kar Wai, 2046 is visually stunning. He uses three cinematographers but one style, that tries to evoke mood more than meaning. The movie as a whole, unfortunately, never seems sure of itself. It's like a sketchbook. These are images, tones, dialogue and characters that Wong is sure of, and he practices them, but he does not seem very sure why he is making the movie, or where it should end.Read Full Review »
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