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Zap2it.com
After a stately buildup that suggests an ordinary if sumptuous historical saga, a sword fight starts in the darkened courtyard of an 18th Century mansion between a female security chief and a masked thief. ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at Zap2it.com
Christian Spotlight on the Movies
Breathtaking is the only word to describe Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Famed warrior Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun-Fat) plans to retire and give his sword, ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at Christian Spotlight on the Movies
A Guide To Current DVD: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
A film that combines two fantastic lead actors, wonderful martial arts scenes and an entertaining story, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is one of the most impressive films I've seen in quite some time. ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at A Guide To Current DVD: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
digitallyOBSESSED! DVD Reviews
Within the frenetic martial arts sequences, the breathtaking scenery, and the heartfelt emotion of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, one point stands out as the defining moment. ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at digitallyOBSESSED! DVD Reviews
DVD Breakdown
Until recently, the Asian martial arts cinema has proved unaccessible to a major Western audience. ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at DVD Breakdown
DVD Movie Central
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is so exhilarating a movie going experience that not even the richest cache of adjectives can possibly convey the experience. ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at DVD Movie Central
A filethirteen Review
Believe the hype! If ever there was a Hong Kong style Kung Fu action flick that could break through the barriers and become a national hit in America, it is Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at A filethirteen Review
James Sanford On Film
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is set in China, in a mythical time that's not recognizable as any particular period. It could be the same era in which most fairy tales are set, since fantastic things occur regularly in the story: combatants raise their ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at James Sanford On Film
Flipside Movie Emporium
The sacred Green Dynasty, a sword of legend, has been taken from its resting place within the sanctum of Sir Te. ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at Flipside Movie Emporium
LowComDom Online Film Reviews
This is exactly what you go see the movie for. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (the foreign title is Wu Hu Zang Long) is perfection. ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at LowComDom Online Film Reviews
MISFITS Review
Few films have generated as much positive buzz as this movie. Weeks before we in the frozen north were given a glimpse, the movie was making almost every critics top ten list. ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at MISFITS Review
The SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
A few of us critics have been trying valiantly to turn the public at large onto the Hong Kong genre of Wu Xia films for years now and tell people about the wonders of gems like Zu: Warriors of the Magic Mountain. ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at The SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
MovieMartyr.com
I must say that Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon simply blew me away. ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at MovieMartyr.com
Movie Mom's review
This is a ravishing fairy tale/epic, and the best movie of the year.
It is passionately romantic -- the story of two sets of star-crossed lovers who face enormous obstacles, within themselves as well as those imposed by the outside world. It is a ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at Movie Mom's review
Shadows on the Wall by Rich Cline
After exploring ye olde England (Sense and Sensibility), '70s New England (The Ice Storm) and the American Civil War (Ride with the Devil), Ang Lee returns home to China and offers us yet another finely detailed, emotionally powerful, visually gripping ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at Shadows on the Wall by Rich Cline
Cinema Laser
Some will say that CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON is derivative of various films from the fantasy and martial arts genres, others will see that this incredible motion picture truly unlike any other. ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at Cinema Laser
The BigScreen Cinema Guide - Reader Reviews
The martial arts work in this film is beyond compare, as is the cinematography. ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at The BigScreen Cinema Guide - Reader Reviews
Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)
Director Ang Lee, better known for introspective, down-to-earth dramas like "The Ice Storm" and "Sense and Sensibility", has said that he grew up with a love for martial arts films. ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)
FilmHead.com
After achieving international fame with Eat Drink Man Woman, Ang Lee ceased being a Chinese filmmaker. ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at FilmHead.com
Decent Films Guide - faith on film
Check your preconceptions at the door. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is like no film you've ever seen. ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at Decent Films Guide - faith on film
Reel Movie Critic (George Singleton)
A breathtakingly wonderful film, which combines love story, period piece and kung fu action like you've never seen ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at Reel Movie Critic (George Singleton)
eye WEEKLY (Gemma Files)
The old/new world of Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is one of unapologetic period melodrama -- a truly stunning blend of classic Chinese martial-arts moviemaking and modern psychodrama. Its long dialogue scenes, exotic costumes and complicated ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at eye WEEKLY (Gemma Files)
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The best martial arts movies have nothing to do with fighting and everything to do with personal excellence. ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
AudioVideoRevolution.com DVD review
When movies seem as unusual and innovative as 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,' there's a real danger of overrating them -- and it happened with this beautiful, well-made period adventure. Some critics, like Joel Siegel, went wildly overboard -- he even ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at AudioVideoRevolution.com DVD review
Pixelsurgeon Movie Review
Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon is an amazing film. Taking it's starting point from the warrior novels by Du Lu Wang, Ang Lee has reinvented the martial arts movie and made something beautiful and unique. ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at Pixelsurgeon Movie Review
Movie Vault (Matthew Coats)
Did you ever see any of those Shaolin or Wu Tang movie? I'm not talking about Staten Island, NY; I'm talking about the greatest martial arts movies to come out of China ever. ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at Movie Vault (Matthew Coats)
Hollywood Jesus Visual Reviews
There are no computer generated effects. When you see people walking on the tree tops -they are. The actors have no doubles -they do their own stunts. Yun-Fat Cho and Michelle Yeoh excel. This film transcends its genre. It is profoundly spiritual in its ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at Hollywood Jesus Visual Reviews
HKCuk.co.uk
All right own up! Who stole his sword was it you! So anyway Li goes after it, not known the danger he puts himself in. Long story short Li goes after it and shows off his flying skills while he is at it. ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at HKCuk.co.uk
MovieForum.com
As a big screen experience, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is a feast for the senses, from the stunning, painterly landscapes. ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at MovieForum.com
201-Words-or-Less Film Review
This movie is clearly a labor of love by Ang Lee, and transports me to a magical world of immense beauty and depth. ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at 201-Words-or-Less Film Review
San Francisco Chronicle (Bob Graham)
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" sneaks up on you.
Mainstream movie audiences are prepared for the subtitles, for the Matrixomatic action and for the martial arts. What they will not be prepared for is how elegant it all is.
"Crouching Tiger, ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Bob Graham)
Haro Online
Believe the hype. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a film unlike most others. ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at Haro Online
DVD Verdict
It was just five short months ago that I reviewed Columbia's original release of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. It was easily my favorite film of 2000, and I gave the DVD a glowing review—an average score of 89, and a judgment of 100. Our reviews at ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at DVD Verdict
Edinburgh U Film Society (Isabel Curie)
Just watch the film for the stunning visuals, the masterful choreography and the fight in the dojo. ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at Edinburgh U Film Society (Isabel Curie)
DVD Times
This review of the Region 2 release of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, is intended to offer the reader a comprehensive and detailed comparison to the Region 3 release, already reviewed by DVD Times. ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at DVD Times
Spirituality & Practice (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
The versatile and ever imaginative director Ang Lee is known for his Taiwanese trilogy; his lyrical interpretations of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility and Rick Moody's Ice Storm. ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at Spirituality & Practice (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
There's so much dreamy beauty in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" that it's almost like a narcotic: By the end, you're likely to have forgotten, or at least forgiven, the long, dragging patches between its gorgeously executed action sequences. It's a ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
Offoffoff.com, a guide to alternative New York
So why is "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (Wo Hu Zang Long) still playing to sold-out audiences several weeks after its release, and what gives this film, in Mandarin with English subtitles, any right to be playing at the suburban multiplexes ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at Offoffoff.com, a guide to alternative New York
Ian Waldron-Mantgani, www.ukcritic.com
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is a movie made with such grace, beauty and passion that the effect is somewhat disorientating. The filmmaker, Ang Lee, has made serious comedies ("Wedding Banquet", "Sense and Sensibility"), thoughtful dramas ("The ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at Ian Waldron-Mantgani, www.ukcritic.com
Needcoffee.com - DVD Review
Li Mu Bai (Yun Fat) is tired of the warrior lifestyle. He's been pining for sometime over his best friend, Shu Lien (Yeoh), and he figures that surrendering up the Green Destiny, the legendary and ancient sword he has used during his adventures, he can ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at Needcoffee.com - DVD Review
Needcoffee.com - Movie Review
Li Mu Bai (Yun-Fat) is a warrior who has had enough. Despite the fact that his master's murderer, Jade Fox, is still loose out there somewhere, he's tired of the warrior's path. Because of how set he is on retiring, he is entrusting his sword, the Green ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at Needcoffee.com - Movie Review
The Phantom Tollbooth
What can we say about director Ang Lee? The man is clearly on a roll. From 1995's Sense and Sensibility to his magisterial Ice Storm to the criminally overlooked Ride with the Devil, he has made three of the most interesting and entertaining movies of ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at The Phantom Tollbooth
Movie Ram-blings
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a mesmerising martial arts movie. The film, in terms of cinematography and style, tries to capture the mystical quality it imbues on its story and characters. ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at Movie Ram-blings
11th Hour Review
September 10, 2000: A traditionally made wuxia (Chinese martial arts) film, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is premiering as a gala presentation at the Toronto International Film Festival. It's one of the hottest tickets of the event, which basically ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at 11th Hour Review
Rolling Stone
During the final scene in the work of daredevil cinematic artistry that is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, a major character makes a leap of faith by diving off a mountain into thin air. My advice is that you approach this heartfelt fable with the same ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at Rolling Stone
MovieJuice Satirical Review
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You asked me to see Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon to steal ... er ... borrow ... some ideas for our next Charlie's Angels movie.
So me ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at MovieJuice Satirical Review
Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
In the heat of battle, Michelle Yeoh (The Heroic Trio, Tomorrow Never Dies) chases after her fleeing opponent by leaping over rooftops. Chow Yun Fat (The Killer, Anna and the King) scuffles among the treetops, balancing on the delicate tips of branches. ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Crazy for Cinema
Won Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film, Original Score, Cinematography and Art Direction. Nominated for 5 other awards including Best Picture.
It's not often that I see foreign films because I hate to read a movie. I know that's fairly close-minded ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at Crazy for Cinema
Images Movie Journal
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon arrives in the United States amid so much fanfare and critical adulation that most viewers will be surprised to find what a simple movie it is, a children's tale filled with warriors and witches. ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at Images Movie Journal
About.com Home Video/DVD (Ivana Redwine)
"The things we can touch have no permanence. My master would say there is nothing we can hold onto in this world. Only by letting go can we truly possess what is real." So says the wisest of the main characters in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, winner ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at About.com Home Video/DVD (Ivana Redwine)
Bad Lit.com
It's definitely a one-of-a-kind flick and highly recommended. ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at Bad Lit.com
Film Threat
has built quite a respectable movie career in the last ten years in both America and his native Taiwan. As director of Oscar magnets like "Sense and Sensibility" and "The Ice Storm," each production has built on the prestige of the last. Though the ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at Film Threat
Flak Magazine
Epic in a way you'd be forgiven for thinking Hollywood has forgotten all about, Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is the moviest movie so far this year. ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at Flak Magazine
Film Quips by John R. McEwen
The success and acclaim of director Ang Lee's film Wo Hu Zang Long (or Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) has brought it out from the thriving but isolated world of Hong Kong films to the global mainstream, affording us westerners a glimpse into the ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at Film Quips by John R. McEwen
iofilm.co.uk
SET in the glorious years of the Qing dynasty, the latest from arthouse supremo Ang Lee (director of Sense and Sensibility, The Ice Storm) focuses on the fates of two women fighters. Although their lives are intertwined, their fates will be different. ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at iofilm.co.uk
La Movie Boeuf (David N. Butterworth)
So why is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo Hu Zang Long) still playing to sold-out audiences several weeks after its release, and what gives this film, in Mandarin with English subtitles, any right to be playing at the suburban multiplexes anyway? ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at La Movie Boeuf (David N. Butterworth)
The Onion A.V. Club (Scott Tobias)
Popular nouveau-actioners from The Matrix to Charlie's Angels have appropriated the high-flying kinetics of Hong Kong wire-fu to fashion a sleek future hero unbound by the mortal limits of physics and pain. ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at The Onion A.V. Club (Scott Tobias)
The Village Voice (Amy Taubin)
Although hardly a connoisseur of Chinese martial arts movies, I count among my most delirious cinematic experiences a Berlin Film Festival midnight screening of Tsui Hark's Peking Opera Blues in 1986. Halfway through the picture, the entire audience was ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at The Village Voice (Amy Taubin)
Philadelphia City Paper review by Cindy Fuchs
The single most stunning moment in Ang Lee's scrupulously artful martial arts film comes early. It's a fight scene between expert Yu Shu Lien (Michelle Yeoh) and graceful young upstart Jen (Zhang Ziyi). ...read the complete Crouching Tiger movie review at Philadelphia City Paper review by Cindy Fuchs
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by ben on March 04, 2009 Roy, Utah
Yeah I know people think all of these Chinese movies are the same but Crouching Tiger is really in a class of it's own. Awesome action, great score, great acting, good story. The martial arts in this movie are beyond compare, though unrealistic, ...
by cicero0000 on July 16, 2009 Half Moon Bay, California
This is not, as we in the West unconsciously think, something that hasn't been made hundreds of times before. However, the beauty of the fairy tale world, the action scenes that are almost like dances, and the richness of an exotic plot make this a ...
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