The Promise (2006)

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The Onion (A.V. Club) | Tasha RobinsonAdd Critic to Favorites

For Kaige, The Promise can't exactly be called a return to form--it's more a return to "Hero" and "House Of Flying Daggers" director Zhang Yimou's form. Either way, it's still glorious.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Kevin ThomasAdd Critic to Favorites

Chen's masterful, deeply perceptive direction of his superb cast is equaled by the film's luminous cinematography, rich yet spare and stylized production and costume design, and rousing score.Read the full review

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

The Promise occupies a curious landscape somewhere between opera and cartoon.Read the full review

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