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CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON

Director:

  Ang Lee
  

Year Released:

  2000

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

3.5 out of 5

3 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Chang Chen
  Cheng Pei-Pei
  Michelle Yeoh
  Chow Yun-Fat
  Zhang Ziyi
Movie Haiku:Extremely beautiful with resonant mythic overtones, so you want to love it, but the whole effect is a bit too cold & mechanical. Only Ziyi is allowed to show any depth of emotion as the privileged aristocrat tempted to flee her proper marriage & live by her wits instead.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  No

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2000