Review of Ip Man (2008) by Mike Hale for The New York Times — 12 May 2017
Over all, the film is a prime exhibit in the relentless and regrettable shift away from a natural, allusive, romantic Hong Kong style and toward a mainland studio aesthetic that is stagebound, literal, overstuffed and sentimental - like the big-budget Hollywood weepies of the '60s or the '80s.
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This review of Ip Man (2008) was written by Mike Hale and published by The New York Times on 12 May 2017.
Ip Man has generally received very positive reviews.
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