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By Ken Hanke (2,234) for Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (2,247) on 17 Jan 2007

It's like imitation Shakespeare or a really over-the-top Italian opera -- madness, incest, plots, counter-plots, ulterior motives…

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By Jeanne Kaplan (738) for Kaplan vs. Kaplan (1,174) on 16 Jan 2007

Director Zhang Yimou has an incredible eye for color, and this offering does not disappoint when it comes to the exquisite employment of a…

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By Linda Cook (1,442) for Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) (1,206) on 14 Jan 2007

A kind of dressed-up soap opera, The Curse of the Golden Flower is complicated only in its texture and colors - not in its characters…

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By Brian Gibson (578) for Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta) (665) on 12 Jan 2007

This is epic, super-duper-sized . . . a hollow but lovely looking spectacle…

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By Terry Lawson (645) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 12 Jan 2007

Curse is straightforward and solemn, lacking not for spectacle but for humor and a humanizing touch…

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By Robert W. Butler (884) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 12 Jan 2007

Curse of the Golden Flower has no emotional center…

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By Duane Dudek (861) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 12 Jan 2007

Golden Flower renders words like 'lavish,' 'spectacle,' 'scope,' 'sumptuous,' 'richly detailed' and 'dysfunctional family' inadequate…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 12 Jan 2007

Zhang organizes a final battle scene ... that makes the combat in The Lord of the Rings look like a flea circus…

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By Daniel M. Kimmel (1,403) for Worcester Telegram & Gazette (604) on 12 Jan 2007

it is unlike anything that came out from Hollywood last year... or is likely to be released this year…

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By Christopher Orr (399) for The Atlantic (1,046) on 11 Jan 2007

Despite its flaws, Curse of the Golden Flower is a diverting enough film, just somewhat flat compared to Zhang's previous epics--a little too…

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By Jason Ferguson (44) for Orlando Weekly (1,048) on 11 Jan 2007

Zhang does a marvelous job at contrasting the tactile sumptuousness of the sets with the venomous, venal brutality that occurs within their walls…

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By Eleanor Ringel Cater (614) for Atlanta Journal-Constitution (910) on 11 Jan 2007

Basically, the movie is soap opera done on a grand opera scale -- more Dynasty than Later Tang Dynasty…

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By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 11 Jan 2007

a lurid tapestry of conspiracy and bloodshed…

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By Ted Murphy (205) for Murphy's Movie Reviews (147) on 11 Jan 2007

One might quibble with the CGI battle sequences ..., but that's a small complaint…

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By Laura Kelly (109) for South Florida Sun-Sentinel (746) on 11 Jan 2007

Curse's gorgeous scenes are draped in silk and brocade, gold and jade -- literally, the walls and floors and ceilings…

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By Eleanor Ringel Gillespie (205) for Atlanta Journal-Constitution (910) on 11 Jan 2007

Basically, the movie is soap opera done on a grand opera scale -- more Dynasty than Later Tang Dynasty…

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By Rich Cline (3,056) for Shadows on the Wall (2,096) on 10 Jan 2007

These characters have enough conflicting relational issues to fill about a year on a daily soap; it's messy and passionate, murderous and lusty…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Ebert & Roeper (629) on 08 Jan 2007

It's operatic in its feeling and there's a lot going on here…

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By Robin Clifford (1,670) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 31 Dec 2006

a fascinating tale of palace intrigue and themachinations of power play…

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By Jordan Hiller (219) for Bangitout.com (219) on 31 Dec 2006

While the film looks beautiful and the cinematography and staging by Xiaoding Zhao is as magnificent as ever, Curse of the Golden Flower is…

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