Fresh
The result is a sumptuous time-teasing story.
Bob Mondello, NPR.org
2046
Are you still in the mood for love?
2004 · 2h 8m · R
Drama, Romance, Science Fiction
Directed by
Wong Kar-wai
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2046
Overview
Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love.
Director and cast
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Top critics, in their words
87%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The romantic fatalism is so lush that you're invited to get lost in it.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Quite simply an incomparably sublime work of art, a triumph of lyricism over narrative in the cinema, and the most exquisite homage to the beauty of women it has ever been my privilege to witness on the screen.
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Fresh
It may help if you grasp the many allusions to Wong's earlier films (including, notably, Days of Being Wild), but it's far from necessary. This, after all, is undeniably real cinema.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
Wong offers an artful meditation on the nature of love, making effective use of color schemes (yellows, greens and reds), placid shotmaking and diverse music to deliver a sultry portrait of postwar Hong Kong.
Bill Muller, Arizona Republic
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