As Tears Go By (1988)
The cousin of the "big brother, Ngor comes from the Lantau Island of Hong Kong while Wah himself lives in Kowloon. (imdb)
Genre: Drama
AKA: Wong gok ka moon
Country: Hong Kong
Directed By: Kar-Wai Wong
Written By: Kar-Wai Wong
Starring: Maggie Cheung, Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung, Alex Man, William Chang, Kau Lam, Tseng Chang, Ronald Wong, Pa-Ching Huang, To-hoi Kong, Ching Wai, Ang Wong
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As Tears Go By belongs to 8 collections
1. Directorial debut (public: moderated by djross - 17 stars)
2. Films available in HD (public: moderated by kubricksucks - 12 stars)
3. Hong Kong Film Awards' List of The Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 6 stars)
4. Heroic Bloodshed (public: moderated by Vandelay1 - 1 star)
5. Vaporwave aesthetics (public: moderated by Ghalea - 1 star)
6. LoveHKFilm: The Best 200 Hong Kong Films Ever (private: edkrak - 2 stars)
7. PSI being off (private: JooJoo)
8. Rated (private)
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| Nov 23 | sspiegel | 72 49% |
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| Nov 20 | zwyk | 65 45% |
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There's a very violent life with great tension, the desire of relevance, the conflict with enemies; and, all of this have a strong contrast with a strong family bond that goes to the ultimate sacrifice and the beauty of a romantic love affair. The plot turns out to be very violent and emotional at the same time, which makes it look very real and bittersweet.
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| Nov 09 | KasperPTP | 50 14% |
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| Oct 31 |  |
le mami | 60 53% |
| Sep 27 | tjacob95 | 80 39% |
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| Sep 13 |  |
gizibe | 67 74% |
| Sep 13 | nunobar | 40 14% |
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| Sep 13 |  |
TheShiznit | 50 57% |
| Jul 31 | placestogo | 50 33% |
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49.8.
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| Jul 21 |  |
chadisdanger | 80 58% |
| Jul 21 |  |
Dorkovsky | 5 64% |
| Jul 06 | posthuman | 95 66% |
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| Jun 23 |  |
cngrms | 80 0% |
| Apr 22 |  |
jal90 | 70 49% |
| Apr 07 | GavanRex | 91 66% |
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| Mar 22 |  |
Alex Watkins | 4 70% |
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As Tears Go By riffs on many of the most common Hong Kong crime film cliches: a young gangster torn between love and duty, romance and revenge. But oh, what style Wong tells it with. Few feature debuts have ever been so stylistically assured and awe-inspiring. His visual sensibility was already well in place. And frankly, I happen to love those HK cliches...
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| Mar 03 |  |
Hyperion+ | 3 40% |
| Jan 13 | Dicke_Taube | 70 61% |
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| Dec 30, 2019 |  |
Oliveira | 80 68% |
| Dec 29, 2019 | Bolido | 85 86% |
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karan04 | 70 63% |
| Aug 17, 2019 | account2 | 54 48% |
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bluemonday | 65 17% |
| Jul 31, 2019 |  |
starman9339 | 46 17% |
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quente | 65 16% |
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chmul_cr0n | 73 68% |
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jagardoden | 67 44% |
| Jun 23, 2019 | xombiemonkey | 7 56% |
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| Jun 20, 2019 | Malcym | 5 32% |
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| Jun 13, 2019 | speedking | 72 47% |
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| Mar 25, 2019 | CrocGator | 80 48% |
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DarrenCB | 80 64% |
| Mar 05, 2019 | mate_cosido | 80 71% |
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agantaburina | 68 30% |
| Feb 01, 2019 |  |
tsumanne | 60 34% |
| Jan 27, 2019 |  |
peyrin | 65 42% |
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If we're doing Mean Streets comparisons I actually think this is the better looking film by far. Dunno if it was the wonky subtitles on my copy or what but the actual gangster stuff was a bit all over the place.
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| Jan 18, 2019 | knives | 74 56% |
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| Dec 28, 2018 | FraGil | 75 66% |
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cenowalrider | 15 31% |
| Dec 06, 2018 | mathiasa | 80 90% |
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| Dec 01, 2018 |  |
Dennis Li | 3 61% |
| Nov 13, 2018 | CesarCastag (CinePlayers.com) | 60 40% |
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| Oct 30, 2018 | ce8 | 54 42% |
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| Sep 30, 2018 | TheBreather | 70 47% |
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| Aug 12, 2018 | viodawn | 65 16% |
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| Jul 22, 2018 | bounasim | 70 44% |
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jemenfous | 87 80% |
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jackinthebox | 70 56% |
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sinem0 | 85 61% |
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tin-man-10 | 70 62% |
| Mar 26, 2018 | FallenSpiral | 70 37% |
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| Mar 24, 2018 | freyr_rabbit | 100 89% |
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| Mar 20, 2018 |  |
apsays | 69 66% |
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anaskvit | 76 56% |
| Mar 09, 2018 |  |
scott.mcc | 50 17% |
| Mar 07, 2018 | FullCollapse | 82 75% |
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| Feb 09, 2018 | nmdrodrigues | 66 82% |
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| Jan 09, 2018 | cengaveri | 72 31% |
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| Dec 30, 2017 |  |
cetincelik | 80 74% |
| Dec 18, 2017 |  |
MikiRurk_STG | 57 32% |
| Dec 07, 2017 |  |
Yiannos | 58 40% |
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(Viewed on 28/04/14): Awkward debut from Wong Kar-Wai has been described as an Asian Mean Streets. It isn't a bad comparison, but the crime scenes are not always well handled, the tone is wobbly, and it's quite typical of HK films of its time. Traces of his future style definitely break through, especially in moody scenes that express the longing of his characters, romantic or otherwise. Just try getting the Cantonese version of Take My Breath Away out of your head after hearing it.
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| Nov 17, 2017 |  |
FancyMike | 5 89% |
| Oct 09, 2017 | filmcricket | 66 66% |
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| Oct 05, 2017 |  |
RavynLoony | 61 61% |
| Jul 02, 2017 |  |
Nroo | 75 60% |
| May 15, 2017 | DrWade42 | 79 63% |
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| May 12, 2017 | albajos | 30 19% |
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| May 12, 2017 | ashfieldmall | 70 70% |
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| Mar 06, 2017 |  |
RYM-byrates | 62 51% |
| Mar 01, 2017 | jerrywarton | 69 68% |
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| Feb 25, 2017 |  |
mCihhh | 60 37% |
| Feb 05, 2017 | mubo | 80 28% |
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Roedhakk | 3 39% |
| Jan 29, 2017 | NevinLiu | 61 13% |
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| Jan 26, 2017 | rumbeggar | 77 77% |
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| Jan 18, 2017 |  |
ott | 83 81% |
| Jan 14, 2017 | allonsygui | 75 31% |
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| Jan 07, 2017 |  |
Nathan S | 3 46% |
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It is romanticized, melodramatic schlock (my god, that score and soundtrack), but anything set in 1980s Hong Kong has my eye, and there is something to be said for this film's visual schemes, which are kind of incredible. It is told in quick cuts and bold gestures, almost Bressonian (no really) in its essential simplicity.
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| Nov 17, 2016 | Ronin22 | 54 57% |
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| Nov 10, 2016 | doe | 60 52% |
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| Nov 02, 2016 |  |
alanstrang | 61 34% |
| Aug 29, 2016 | soysauce357 | 95 84% |
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| Aug 09, 2016 |  |
daffodil907 | 72 68% |
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BadCosmonaut | 7 87% |
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Haman-sama | 71 65% |
| Jun 11, 2016 | gavinbennett | 68 63% |
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| Apr 07, 2016 | edgardavids | 92 50% |
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| Mar 28, 2016 |  |
FrancoGonzo | 13 65% |
| Mar 14, 2016 | indafunk | 88 28% |
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| Mar 09, 2016 |  |
jeff_v | 69 57% |
| Feb 11, 2016 | Ildorio10 | 50 7% |
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| Jan 30, 2016 |  |
ronthedog | 77 26% |
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Stylish with some breathtaking shots and lighting, but otherwise this is a pretty naff film with an awful soundtrack, and uninteresting plot.
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| Jan 30, 2016 |  |
igormachete | 73 49% |
| Jan 27, 2016 |  |
hsncrspywl | 55 22% |
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Pretty blah but some nice shots here and there. Totally Mean Streets, and it's really unfortunate. Bad dubbing too.
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| Jan 26, 2016 |  |
RealMacgyver | 60 28% |
| Jan 24, 2016 | theWatcher | 72 30% |
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| Jan 11, 2016 | nuotio | 50 31% |
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zingiberacea | 77 58% |
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MUBIvotes | 34 51% |
| Jan 04, 2016 | jake_la | 80 36% |
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| Dec 15, 2015 |  |
robot2xl | 73 48% |
| Dec 08, 2015 | GLADos | 67 50% |
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| Dec 07, 2015 | TorinoScale | 80 86% |
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Swoony | 71 27% |
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adrenaline | 70 69% |
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bybrt | 65 57% |
| Oct 26, 2015 | kuxa kanema | 68 45% |
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anandare | 80 60% |
| Aug 22, 2015 | moodeuce | 60 17% |
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| Aug 03, 2015 | doc_cuervo | 59 17% |
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| Jul 22, 2015 | Truffaut16 | 70 45% |
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| Jul 19, 2015 | SleepTight | 70 69% |
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| Jul 11, 2015 | CiTay | 50 12% |
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Abrantes | 40 10% |
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russalka | 87 76% |
| Jun 09, 2015 | spacemanmoth | 5 11% |
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tinatinas | 70 45% |
| May 19, 2015 | zetes | 70 39% |
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| May 13, 2015 | white_water | 60 41% |
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| May 11, 2015 |  |
porzano | 48 42% |
| Apr 24, 2015 | OldAle1 | 80 61% |
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| Apr 16, 2015 | cardsos01 | 60 69% |
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| Apr 01, 2015 | kordkarimi | 50 8% |
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| Mar 26, 2015 | SirTeaBag | 6 30% |
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| Mar 21, 2015 | iabpup | 82 28% |
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onrkrsvglu | 77 64% |
| Mar 13, 2015 | Lonewolf2003 | 50 8% |
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| Mar 02, 2015 | 10kfilms | 57 51% |
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AFlickering | 5 79% |
| Jan 31, 2015 | Mattias1 | 70 71% |
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| Jan 29, 2015 | LosWochos | 87 52% |
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XacK | 50 29% |
| Jan 12, 2015 | Onderhond | 60 56% |
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| Dec 21, 2014 |  |
standardchin | 60 40% |
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Zarkon | 80 53% |
| Dec 07, 2014 | Col Blimp | 4 76% |
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| Dec 05, 2014 | Winston4th | 84 75% |
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| Oct 03, 2014 | invention | 2 21% |
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| Sep 11, 2014 | Rotten Users | 66 44% |
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| Sep 06, 2014 | lhm | 80 35% |
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Janky | 71 59% |
| Jul 23, 2014 | vanderbank | 86 72% |
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| Jul 23, 2014 | al bundy | 81 80% |
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| Jul 21, 2014 | firebirdekb | 70 58% |
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| Jul 16, 2014 | Nepeta | 50 17% |
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It's basically Mean Streets but set in Hong Kong and nowhere near as good. You wouldn't recognize this as a Wong film if you hadn't been told. The absolutely dreadful, cheesy '80s soundtrack on its own ruins the film, though it's nothing special in the first place. It's just a fairly straight forward decent Hong Kong crime film with a really good romance plot attached all presented in a slightly amateurish way (lame music, lame dubbing - why does everyone shout half the time?). Meh.
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| Jul 04, 2014 |  |
wetwillies | 80 36% |
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Viewed July 3, 2014. I mostly watched this because I heard there was a Chinese version of "Take My Breath Away" in it, so maybe I'm just not cut out for this movie shit.
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| Jun 09, 2014 | Bluedeed | 65 21% |
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| May 10, 2014 | ceci | 90 63% |
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| May 06, 2014 | blucthulhu | 70 58% |
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| Apr 27, 2014 | mjjoao | 60 34% |
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| Apr 22, 2014 |  |
TMDaines | 75 57% |
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Caymaz | 79 60% |
| Apr 19, 2014 |  |
graveyardtan | 75 44% |
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Wack move with a great soundtrack.
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| Apr 17, 2014 |  |
mrmrulus | 66 36% |
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rahsirrah | 60 51% |
| Mar 28, 2014 |  |
drawingboard | 80 78% |
| Mar 25, 2014 | davesv | 86 86% |
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| Mar 05, 2014 |  |
kakivsjok | 80 69% |
| Feb 23, 2014 |  |
karamazov. | 56 74% |
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Very enjoyable Scorsese rip-off [and cousin-incest love story... uh O.o]. Con: no Doyle; pro: it's the '80s. Still have never made up my mind as to whether or not the super low frame rate scenes in "Chungking Express" are cool or just annoying, but the sequences with low fps and slow-mo. were super awesome in this one. Dialogue, photography, editing are gloriously cheesy.
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| Feb 22, 2014 | lisko | 90 93% |
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| Feb 13, 2014 | robixsmash | 70 58% |
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| Feb 12, 2014 | felixm85 | 40 4% |
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| Jan 28, 2014 | PoilKaslei | 65 33% |
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Jotalandim | 80 77% |
| Jan 17, 2014 | ozymandias. | 70 46% |
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micmac | 63 49% |
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Carlospro | 70 45% |
| Dec 30, 2013 |  |
drdutw | 78 83% |
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xinet | 75 74% |
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Benasdfghjkl | 64 37% |
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Hans_Lucas | 72 22% |
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Amadeus | 67 28% |
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| Sep 30, 2013 | oban | 8 73% |
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| Sep 26, 2013 |  |
MuteAshes | 70 37% |
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maborosi | 42 34% |
| Aug 16, 2013 | Evelyn Waugh | 72 34% |
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| Aug 14, 2013 | Sanna () | 80 63% |
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| Aug 07, 2013 | Barkinson | 60 62% |
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| Jul 07, 2013 | Sane | 44 13% |
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| Jun 27, 2013 | mallamp | 80 75% |
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| Jun 25, 2013 | bandwich | 95 90% |
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| May 19, 2013 | Maps | 75 51% |
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| May 19, 2013 | hinterland | 58 31% |
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| May 07, 2013 |  |
zae | 70 53% |
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Solid debut film by Wong Kar Wai, if a bit rough around the edges, as debuts tend to be.
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| Apr 06, 2013 |  |
MadMan | 87 57% |
| Apr 05, 2013 | 8452f92d2b31 | 40 32% |
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| Apr 04, 2013 | pekkasusi | 8 80% |
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| Mar 22, 2013 |  |
loc42 | 55 32% |
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poor story, but his style is remarkable
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| Mar 15, 2013 |  |
funkybusnss | 40 11% |
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FrankHowley | 70 56% |
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| Jan 22, 2013 | proxy | 75 30% |
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| Dec 16, 2012 |  |
Parallax | 78 47% |
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morozig | 60 68% |
| Nov 29, 2012 | !nsomn!a | 80 75% |
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| Nov 01, 2012 | Penajohnson | 65 5% |
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Kebapche | 80 65% |
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kastenm | 70 55% |
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TychoCelchuu | 74 26% |
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KEzzAP | 60 40% |
| Aug 19, 2012 | debaser1985 | 65 40% |
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| Aug 19, 2012 | willow | 84 80% |
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| Aug 10, 2012 |  |
escapistwit | 95 90% |
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DetoxP | 1 0% |
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It's got some good touches that hint at what Wong Kar-Wai would train and master in the future, but it's a little unfocused. It is his debut, after all. From beginning to end it feels like a Wong Kar-Wai film already, although maybe in some parallel dimension where he was never that good. Some touches of brilliance and a great climax, but a little too slow, a little too cliched, and a little too boring. Score is not a grade.
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| Jul 17, 2012 |  |
3rdman | 7 52% |
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hotsake | 86 96% |
| Jun 29, 2012 | Orion16RUS | 77 66% |
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buttercup | 7 57% |
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alexandrsaar | 78 57% |
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ZapperLife | 59 64% |
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lotr-sam0711 | 10 2% |
| Mar 19, 2012 | mayy | 85 25% |
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| Mar 17, 2012 | oneiromancer | 85 59% |
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avgcrtckr | 54 53% |
| Dec 15, 2011 |  |
rcpcanbaz | 65 42% |
| Dec 07, 2011 | guilhermetc | 62 33% |
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| Nov 25, 2011 |  |
Dogubomb | 50 61% |
| Nov 11, 2011 |  |
hardcoreufo | 70 38% |
| Sep 04, 2011 | Hangarl | 70 71% |
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| Sep 02, 2011 |  |
obtiosov | 76 59% |
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imajidkord | 20 1% |
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ricozy | 75 64% |
| Jul 24, 2011 | eadwinn | 70 52% |
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PaRaNoYa7 | 2 2% |
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karchen | 80 78% |
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Gui | 78 73% |
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kronstadtli | 50 13% |
| Jun 01, 2011 | pascally | 69 72% |
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| May 22, 2011 | TonyS. | 70 46% |
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| May 09, 2011 | hellin | 6 22% |
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| Apr 29, 2011 | FallFoliage | 60 49% |
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70scholars | 80 85% |
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zmt311 | 67 40% |
| Mar 22, 2011 | NRM02 | 54 45% |
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| Mar 06, 2011 | cosmic_bus | 60 31% |
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| Feb 23, 2011 |  |
natebarrios | 70 54% |
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Impressive visuals for the time it was made, proving Wong has an innate skill no matter the circumstance. The dialogue gets to be cheesy at some points, and parts of the romance subplot bothered me, but overall it's not bad. Still, watch Mean Streets before you see this movie.
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| Feb 15, 2011 |  |
Licio | 81 50% |
| Feb 13, 2011 |  |
Taliban | 85 83% |
| Feb 08, 2011 | joshuastone | 9 78% |
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woodke1235 | 70 50% |
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AAAutin | 59 71% |
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Mr.Cinema | 69 82% |
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ericdupont | 50 13% |
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macumbalove | 50 0% |
| Dec 15, 2010 | screentime | 68 52% |
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| Dec 04, 2010 | stailea | 78 31% |
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