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Millennium Mambo

2001 · 1h 46m · R Drama
Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien

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Overview

In 2011, Vicky looks back on her life a decade earlier, recalling her turbulent relationship with her controlling boyfriend Hao Hao and her growing connection to a compassionate gangster amid the neon haze of Taipei's nightlife.

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84%
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Fresh

A work of uncommon emotional density.

G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh

There is artistry and a fabulous ambiguity coursing through Hou's meditative film.

Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
Fresh

A ravishing bauble about la dolce vita in Taiwan.

John Powers, L.A. Weekly
Fresh

Recalls the unease that crept over the world's youth back at the turn of the last century.

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
Fresh

The combination of the thick sensuality of Mark Lee Ping-bing's cinematography and the gradual fascination that Hou's measured rhythms exert keep you watching.

Charles Taylor, Salon.com

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