Ip Man: The Final Fight
Well Go | Release Date: September 20, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
55
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
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6
Mixed:
3
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Portland OregonianMarc MohanSep 19, 2013
The world may not get another Ip Man film for a while after the last few years, but this one and Wong’s masterpiece should be more than sufficient. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungSep 20, 2013
Wong is such a fine, subtle actor that it comes as a surprise to find him a superb martial artist as well, as he convincingly demonstrates the superiority of Ip Man’s technique over competing schools. Read full review
70
Village VoiceRob StaegerSep 17, 2013
Not quite a biopic, the film presents an overview of Ip's years in Hong Kong; Anthony Wong's dignified performance begins with the grandmaster almost fully formed. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsSep 20, 2013
The filmmakers fall over themselves trying to respect Man's outlook on life, and this makes their subject seem more like a hyper-disciplined saint than a world-reknowned, ass-kicking hermit. Read full review
63
Washington PostMark JenkinsSep 19, 2013
As a character study, Ip Man: The Final Fight would be more convincing if it didn’t look so distractingly like a Hollywood musical. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineKenji FujishimaSep 15, 2013
Anthony Wong does a creditable job of conveying Ip Man's reflectiveness through his twilight years, occasionally cutting through the hagiographic nature of the enterprise. Read full review
60
The New York TimesNicolas RapoldSep 19, 2013
Seriously, if not always elegantly, the film portrays the great Ip Man as someone trying to survive, which is to say just as often a victim as a victor. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleSep 19, 2013
The overall sense is of a rushed, simplistic installment in a well-worn biography franchise. Read full review
50
The DissolveNoel MurrayAug 20, 2013
This is the rare martial-arts film where the martial arts are tedious and the conversations more compelling. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubNick SchagerSep 18, 2013
From fawning beginning to maudlin close, it’s a monotonous, wannabe-mythmaking biopic for Ip completists only. Read full review
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