Review of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) by Jeanne Aufmuth for Palo Alto Weekly — 01 Jan 2000

Banish all thoughts of Chow Yun Fat and Michelle Yeoh as shoot 'em up action heroes.

This review of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) was written by Jeanne Aufmuth and published by Palo Alto Weekly on 01 Jan 2000.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon has generally received very positive reviews.

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