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By Kim Newman (791) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 04 Dec 2014

It may not be much more than six of the most imaginatively staged and filmed fight scenes in the cinema, but that’s almost certainly enough…

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By Craig Williams (22) for CineVue (2,163) on 02 Dec 2014

It's a film that prompts an overwhelming emotional response as it weaves its dark magic…

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By Emma Simmonds (380) for The List (2,018) on 01 Dec 2014

This tough and tender biopic ... makes for an elegant, occasionally exciting tribute to a man and his art-form…

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By Stefan Pape (613) for HeyUGuys (1,461) on 01 Dec 2014

Kar Wai revels presents this epic production with a stylistic grandeur, celebrating the elegance of combat, rather than the brutality…

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By Tom Clift (226) for FILMINK (Australia) (1,405) on 17 Sep 2014

Certainly, The Grandmaster is far from Wong's best. But it's a beautiful creation all the same…

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By David Stratton (799) for At the Movies (Australia) (716) on 10 Sep 2014

Tony Leung's charismatic performance as the man who was martial arts instructor to Bruce Lee anchors the film, but in this version at least…

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By Jim Schembri (1,298) for 3AW (1,025) on 06 Sep 2014

An ornate period film about kung fu that is so godawfully tedious and solemn it seems designed to bore people right into the very fabric of…

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By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 03 Sep 2014

It is rich, distinctive and lush, as you would expect, although this new feature from Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai has been a long time coming…

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By Ray Pride (544) for Newcity (539) on 06 Apr 2014

It is to swoon…

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By Tim Robey (1,578) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 25 Sep 2013

In the absence of genuine profundity, but with dazzling craft on frequent display, his most ardent devotees may summon enough loyalty to defend…

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By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 19 Sep 2013

The end result feels like only half a movie…

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By Travis Hopson (923) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 14 Sep 2013

Each battle moves with such balletic grace they make Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon seem as if it's standing still…

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By David Denby (676) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 05 Sep 2013

The U.S…

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By Tim Brayton (2,283) for Antagony & Ecstasy (1,911) on 05 Sep 2013

The American version is beautiful and moody, and it is muddy in expression, but probably worth seeing anyway…

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By Dave White (762) for Movies.com (1,002) on 05 Sep 2013

Wong Kar Wai has something slow, lush and precise in mind for this story of Ip Man (Tony Leung), the legendary martial arts master who trained…

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By Jackie K. Cooper (1,018) for jackiekcooper.com (943) on 02 Sep 2013

A complete surprise. Not the strictly martial arts action film but also one of compelling beauty and romance…

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By Joshua Starnes (554) for ComingSoon.net (2,031) on 02 Sep 2013

The Grandmaster lacks focus or drive as director Wong Kar-wai flails among the elements of Ip Man's life for something to hold onto and comes…

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By Philip Martin (1,107) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 02 Sep 2013

closer in tone to an art movie, an exercise in pure cinema, than it is a chopsocky extravaganza…

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By John A. Nesbit (472) for Old School Reviews (429) on 01 Sep 2013

Emphasizes emotional restraint and understatement…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 01 Sep 2013

[VIDEO ESSAY] Part action film, part romance novel, and part political diatribe, the film never forgets its purpose to entertain…

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