They have made the film function successfully almost as well as in the original setting.
– Stanley Kauffmann,
The New Republic,
17 Jun 2013
rotten:
Much of the cynicism, and thus the fun, of its many Western predecessors goes missing.
– Kate Taylor,
Globe and Mail,
9 Nov 2012
fresh:
Schadenfreude carries a delectable tang no matter the language, and as the history of Hollywood shows, stories about pretty people behaving badly remain reliably alluring.
– Manohla Dargis,
New York Times,
8 Nov 2012
fresh:
Zhang, expertly conveying someone closed off yet silently sensual, even rolls out a tear during a moment of impending intimacy as exquisitely timed as a dancer's move.
– Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Nov 2012
fresh:
Takes Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' 18th century source material to its most sumptuous silliness - I mean that as a compliment.