Curse of the Golden Flower ( Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia ) (2006) Movie Reviews

donkeyknight 05/01/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
2.5/4 

Visually, it is everything you've come to expect from a Zhang Yimou film, amazing sets, costumes and brilliant colors. But it is the screenplay, which hearkens back to Shakespeare and Greek tragedies, that impressed me the most. This does not deserve to be in the top 1000 though.

GGauthier 09/11/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
3.5/4 

I love Yimou Zhang. This film is not what the western culture is used for the past years. It has not flying persons or strong CGI. It's a very powerfull tragedy, very similar to greeks one. Ergo, you'll notice notes of Throne of blood and Ran (wich are also based in tragedies) I think you'd love it if you like those premises. Awesome film.

Chris Kavan 01/11/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
2.5/4 

Visually stunning and with a decent story, but I felt so detached that I could never connect with the film. It might work better for others, but for me it was only middling.

Allison 03/17/2008 (0 of 1 found this helpful)

Rating of
1/4 

This movie was one of the worst I've seen story-wise. A beautiful scenario and good acting from Gong Li. But unfortunately that can't saving this movie whose themes of both Chinese traditions and incest are kind of baffling.