So Close
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: September 12, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
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Generally favorable reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1
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90
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
A martial arts valentine to the power of fighting women. It's a slick and delirious Hong Kong action film. Read full review
90
SalonCharles Taylor
Next to the Hong Kong action picture So Close, nearly every Hollywood thriller of the summer looks like an elementary-school project thrown together the Sunday night before it was due. Read full review
80
NewsweekDavid Ansen
A delirious example of grrrl power, Hong Kong style. Read full review
80
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
This sort of film lives or dies by its promise of bullet-dodging, stylishly clad women throwing themselves into impossible feats of daring, and when the time comes for action, Yuen displays a rare gift. Read full review
80
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
The protracted final sequence, which involves balletic swordplay worthy of the famous scene in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," will take your breath away. Read full review
75
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
So Close is the film "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" dreams of being: sleek, silly, completely ridiculous and irresistible. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
A brilliant example of the genre -- with romantic subplots to boot. Read full review
75
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
Its sense of play, its sleek design and Yuen's spectacular action sequences will make it, I suspect, attractive to palates not accustomed to the spicier or cruder forms of this genre. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Abounds with zero-gravity action ballet, frisky interludes of sapphic foreplay, and weepy drama about doomed love. The film also has an irresistibly kitschy theme song: "Close to You," the treacly Burt Bacharach-Hal David smash by the Carpenters. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter Rainer
Cory Yuen's So Close is a kind of Hong Kong martial-arts variation on the Charlie's Angels movies, only better. Read full review
70
VarietyDerek Elley
Slickly packaged, unashamedly exploitative popcorn movie. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneAllison Benedikt
So Close is a beautiful mess. I didn't really understand what was going on, but I loved every stylized minute of it. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Sleek, stylish and crammed with girl-power action. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterJoe Mader
The surprising lack of humor in So Close, and long, trying stretches between combat sequences aren't likely to attract new converts to the genre. Read full review
50
New York PostMegan Lehmann
If it weren't for the estrogen-fueled action scenes -- choreographed by director Cory Yuen with wit and style -- So Close would be as disposable as the shampoo ad it all too often resembles. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleEdward Guthmann
A silly Hong Kong action flick from actor-turned-director Corey Yuen, fits nicely in the "bimbo fu" genre. Read full review
40
Village VoiceLaura Sinagra
A resolution gifting world-surveillance software to the cops, plus slo-mo action over the oft reprised "Close to You," stretch past bullet time into nap time. Read full review
30
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
With the exception of some of the battles, which have the angry desperation of Mr. Yuen's inspired martial-arts choreography, Close is a nominal effort. Read full review
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