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100
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89
Critics' score based on 37 reviews.
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Fantastic movie.

August 14,2010
Diego45469
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Forget about the plot, the characters, the intrigue, which are all splendid in House of Flying Daggers, and focus just on the visuals.Full Review

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times

House of Flying Daggers finds the great Chinese director at his most romantic in this thrilling martial arts epic that involves a conflict between love and duty carried out to its fullest expression.Full Review

Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times

Chinese director Zhang Yimou understands perfectly that the small can be epic and awe-inspiring. And, by the way, he knows how to get big, too.Full Review

Desson Thomson
Washington Post

The sheer joy of letting go as a tale overwhelms your senses and drives the known world away -- that's the story.Full Review

Stephen Hunter
Washington Post

This is the most intoxicatingly beautiful martial arts picture I've ever seen.Full Review

David Edelstein
Slate
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