2046 Critic Reviews

The new film lives up to expectations and, indeed, pushes past them into virtually unmapped territory.Read the full review

Like Hitchcock, Mr. Wong is at once a voyeur and fetishist par excellence.Read the full review

A rare, sumptuous movie treat.Read the full review

There are many places a visitor may go astray in 2046 -- places where the filmmaker appears to be a bit at loose ends too. Still, Wong's invitation -- ''Let's get lost'' -- is irresistible.Read the full review

Wong brilliantly blends musical styles and eras to create an intoxicating mood.Read the full review

Just as memorable and emotionally intense as any of Wong's films. It's a mood as much as a movie.Read the full review

Since it is by Wong Kar Wai, 2046 is visually stunning. He uses three cinematographers but one style, that tries to evoke mood more than meaning. The movie as a whole, unfortunately, never seems sure of itself. It's like a sketchbook. These are images, tones, dialogue and characters that Wong is sure of, and he practices them, but he does not seem very sure why he is making the movie, or where it should end.Read the full review

This, too, is a mood piece, sometimes surreal and dominated by Chow's lovelorn sadness. But it's hard to find an emotional or narrative handle to hang on to, since the filmmaker keeps reaching for dramatic energy that keeps eluding him.Read the full review

The overall effect simply underlines the central weakness of the pic: that the neo-kitschy futuristic scenes don't add much to the real-life '60s relationships.Read the full review