Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Critic Reviews

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Boston Globe | Jay CarrAdd Critic to Favorites

Watching it is a nonstop high.Read the full review

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

Transcends its origins and becomes one of a kind. It's glorious, unashamed escapism and surprisingly touching at the same time.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Lisa SchwarzbaumAdd Critic to Favorites

Soaring and romantic, wild and serene, feminist and gutsy, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is one of the best movies of the year.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Kenneth TuranAdd Critic to Favorites

Crouching Tiger's blend of the magical, the mythical and the romantic fills a need in us we might not even realize we had.Read the full review

Rolling Stone | Peter TraversAdd Critic to Favorites

Ang Lee, a world-class director working at the top of his elegant form, has done something thrilling. For all the leaping action, it's the film's spirit that soars.Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Bob GrahamAdd Critic to Favorites

The class act of action movies.Read the full review

Slate | David EdelsteinAdd Critic to Favorites

My first viewing left me dazzled but slightly confused; a second deeply impressed; a third rhapsodic. I wish I hadn't needed to rediagram it in my head to turn it into the masterpiece it so obviously wants to be.Read the full review

The New York Times | A.O. ScottAdd Critic to Favorites

The picture is more fun than it has a right to be.Read the full review

USA Today | Mike ClarkAdd Critic to Favorites

This is a great movie, but it needs a sales job because it's in Mandarin.Read the full review

Variety | Todd McCarthyAdd Critic to Favorites

Brilliance of the action and effects are supplemented by a consistently superior and resourceful score by Tan Dun.Read the full review

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