Curse of the Golden Flower
Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: December 21, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
23
Mixed:
8
Negative:
1
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60
VarietyRobert Koehler
Zhang Yimou's strangest and most troubled film, abounds in hysterical, mannered Tang Dynasty-era palace intrigue and dehumanized CGI battle sequences. Read full review
60
L.A. WeeklyDavid Chute
In the end, Curse also looks alarmingly like a dry run for the opening and closing ceremonies Zhang has been hired to direct for the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008. Read full review
60
EmpireIan Nathan
Imagine "The Lion In Winter" set at a Kylie gig. You can have too much of a good thing, but it is a good thing. Read full review
50
New York PostV.A. Musetto
Curse of the Golden Flower could also be called "Curse of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.' " In other words, it is yet another attempt to cash in on the success of Ang Lee's 2000 martial-arts epic, which will go down in the history books as one of the most overrated films of the decade. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
The movie has plenty to engage one's interest but little to sustain it. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleJosh Rosenblatt
To question that this movie is a visual feast would be an act of real cynicism. But as the old Chinese proverb goes, "Gold and jade on the outside, rot and decay on the inside." Read full review
50
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
In Curse of the Golden Flower, Zhang Yimou tries to top the breathtaking poetic spectacle of his masterpiece, "House of Flying Daggers," and instead plummets into self-parody. Read full review
50
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
I can say only three good things about his latest martial arts picture, the incoherent The Curse of the Golden Flower: 1) Gong Li deserves better roles, 2) The costumes are astonishingly beautiful, and 3) Ummm...wow, how about those costumes! Read full review
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