Review of The Grandmaster (2013) by Phillip K — 29 Nov 2013

Sublime story of romantic yearning, duty.......photography and choreography are seemless.

This review of The Grandmaster (2013) was written by Phillip K on 29 Nov 2013.

The Grandmaster has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

The Grandmaster (2013) Movie Reviews (516)
The Grandmaster (2013) Critic Reviews (119)
The Grandmaster (2013) User Reviews (397)

More Reviews of The Grandmaster

Review of The Grandmaster (2013)

By Brett C (553) on 19 Jan 2015

Review In A Nutshell: How did a film that started off so well, fall far down by the time it ends…

Read Review

Review of The Grandmaster (2013)

By Kevin Harley (322) for Total Film (3,532) on 09 Jan 2015

Flawed but often flooring, The Grandmaster swoons with grace, feeling and elegance…

Read Review

Review of The Grandmaster (2013)

By Yannick D (372) on 18 Jan 2015

It lacks focus and Wong Kar-Wai's direction is often obtrusive. But when he gets it right, it is a majestic sight to behold…

Read Review

Review of The Grandmaster (2013)

By Sonny Bunch (405) for Washington Free Beacon (282) on 13 Jul 2016

Wong Kar Wai's latest film is by turns elegant and frustrating, beautiful and hard to track, sumptuous and spartan…

Read Review

Review of The Grandmaster (2013)

By Jason O (532) on 23 Apr 2016

A good story of the up and coming master that trained bruce lee and moved martial arts in to the world…

Read Review

Review of The Grandmaster (2013)

By Themumblelover . (186) on 07 Feb 2015

Nowhere as good as I was hoping for it to be. The super artsy style of Wong Kar Wai doesn't really work here with the story and context…

Read Review

Review of The Grandmaster (2013)

By Graham B (342) on 20 Jun 2015

This movie captured me. I am no martial arts movie fan but I was mesmerised. Poetic, artistic, emotional and dark…

Read Review

Review of The Grandmaster (2013)

By Nathan G (549) on 03 Sep 2015

Sometimes, you unconsciously decide to throw away nearly two hours of your life. Never forget, foreign movies nearly always suck…

Read Review

Review of The Grandmaster (2013)

By Steve Erickson (207) for Gay City News (145) on 20 Feb 2018

Even at its best, The Grandmaster suffers from bloat. Spending years on a film doesn't bring out the director's best qualities…

Read Review

Review of The Grandmaster (2013)

By Lamar W (92) on 23 Dec 2014

The wing old man ip as with all martial arts movies great fights great build up great visuals very dope movie not over the top raid style but…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

By Broyax (884) on 29 Dec 2016

Je dis pas, Eddie Murphy est parfois drôle -enfin drôle, façon de parler, plutôt vaguement distrayant- à s'agiter et tchatcher dans tous…

Read Review

Review of Walk the Line (2005)

By Jr (39) on 18 Nov 2005

Who knew Cash was not only boring but couldn't sing very well…

Read Review

Review of Akira (1988)

By Michael A (1,637) on 05 Jul 2016

Back then in the early 2000s, I enjoyed it. But nowadays I find it as overrated as Crash…

Read Review

Review of Raging Bull (1980)

By Pelen23 (18) on 18 Jul 2014

Raging bull is an overrated film that deserves appreciation for its stylish technique .however it is uninteresting, unengaging and uninvolving.There…

Read Review

Review of Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

By Lindal. (30) on 26 Nov 2003

Who let this dog out? What a piece of crap. I almost stepped in it running out of theater. Trailer trash…

Read Review

Review of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

By Grants. (4) on 06 Jun 2008

What a complete waste of time and money! Not one ounce of creativity or fun. From the first lame sceen with the groundhogs (Caddyshack…

Read Review

Review of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

By Marc5477 (46) on 21 Jan 2015

Crouching poop is more like it. For sheep who want to belong to the hip crowd and the artsy fartsy folks with below average IQ…

Read Review

Review of Freedom Writers (2007)

By Teta T (4) on 04 Aug 2014

The moive is great!! I have learned alot from it since the first time I seen it…

Read Review

Review of Hero (2002)

By Saskias. (1) on 27 Feb 2006

Where can I begin... I cannot understand all the good critics this movie got…

Read Review

Review of Zatoichi (2003)

By Jami Bernard (708) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 13 Sep 2013

The best part of Zatoichi is its fine sense of rhythm, culminating in a galvanizing clog-dance finish…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Split

2017

71%1,218 Reviews

Barbarian

2022

72%115 Reviews

No Hard Feelings

2023

65%90 Reviews

Joker

2019

81%299 Reviews

Everything Everywhere All at Once

2022

78%291 Reviews

Gone Girl

2014

81%1,229 Reviews

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019

81%344 Reviews

The Prodigy

2019

53%39 Reviews

Love

2015

54%174 Reviews

The Judge

2014

67%866 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

The Grandmaster

2013

66%516 Reviews

Adam's Rib

1949

78%290 Reviews

A Warrior's Heart

2011

46%45 Reviews

Hot Tub Time Machine

2010

61%866 Reviews

Cadillac Records

2008

68%583 Reviews

Susannah of the Mounties

1939

65%7 Reviews

Move Over, Darling

1963

71%73 Reviews

I Feel Pretty

2018

48%684 Reviews

Stars in My Crown

1950

78%13 Reviews

Turn Me On, Dammit!

2011

69%77 Reviews