Shanghai Triad
Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: December 22, 1995 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
77
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
Positive:
20
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
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60
Orlando SentinelJay Boyar
His movie is only partly satisfying. [23 Feb 1996]
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
There are two basic weaknesses. One is that the boy supplies the point of view, and yet the story is not about him, so instead of identifying with him, we are simply frustrated in our wish to see more than he can see. The other problem is that Gong Li's character is thoroughly unlikable. Read full review
50
San Francisco ExaminerBarbara Shulgasser
The film itself never felt quite so densely plotted as Yimou apparently had hoped. Read full review
40
EmpireWilliam Thomas
Even the excellent Gong has a tough time trying to twist her character into a tragic heroine, while the utter despair to which sympathetic characters are condemned suggests a significant point in Zhang's career, but does nothing to relieve the viewer's ennui. Read full review
40
Washington PostDesson Thomson
But this whore-and-the-innocent friendship, set in Shanghai during the 1930s, is too trite to pull us in. And the gangster scenario around it (Bi Feiyu wrote the script) is similarly unconvincing. Read full review
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