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A dazzling costume epic, a spectacle for the eyes and for the soul.Full Review

Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer

A period spectacle, steeped in awesome splendor and lethal palace intrigue, it climaxes in a stupendous battle scene and epic tragedy.Full Review

Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times

Zhang Yimou's Curse of the Golden Flower is a kind of feast, an over-the-top, all-stops-pulled-out lollapalooza that means to play kitschy and grand at once.Full Review

Stephen Hunter
Washington Post

Since his debut in 1987 with "Red Sorghum" Mr. Zhang has made more controlled films but never one that's more fun. With Curse of the Golden Flower he aims for Shakespeare and winds up with Jacqueline Susann. And a good thing too.Full Review

Jeannette Catsoulis
The New York Times

Like a soap opera, but most of what glitters is gold.Full Review

Ruthe Stein
San Francisco Chronicle
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