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2046

2004

Wong Kar-Wai

Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Zhang Ziyi, Faye Wong, Gong Li ...

7.1

25,349

Romance. Drama. Sci-Fi He was a writer. He thought he wrote about the future but it really was the past. In his novel, a mysterious train left for 2046 every once in a while. Everyone who went there had the same intention.....to recapture their lost memories. It was said that in 2046, nothing ever changed. Nobody knew for sure if it was true, because nobody who went there had ever come back- except for one. He was there. He chose to leave. He wanted to change. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"An unqualified triumph."	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A gorgeous, shapeless rhapsody on the theme of regrets and lost love (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"It's like a sketchbook. These are images, tones, dialogue and characters that Wong is sure of, and he practices them, but he does not seem very sure why he is making the movie, or where it should end (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Ty Burr Boston Globe	"Long, enigmatic, rapturously beautiful meditation on romance (...) Love hurts in ''2046', but it's the only way anybody knows they're alive"	POS
United Kingdom	Jamie Russell BBC	"Wong has crafted a gorgeous romance (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Ed Gonzalez Slant	"After the generous 'In the Mood for Love', then, the solipsistic 2046 feels bogus. To its credit, though, it makes us long for what we had before (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
Australia	Paul Byrnes Sydney Morning Herald	"Wong Kar Wai's films are so beautiful that it seems churlish to ask what they're about."	POS
United Kingdom	Damon Wise Empire	"A languid, shimmering mood piece from a master stylist, with some of Asia's finest actors at their peak (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Stephen Hunter The Washington Post	"[Zhang's] identity is so strong that it seems to hold the story together most of the time; it really should have been only about her."	NEU
United States	David Ansen Newsweek	"No one captures the ache of missed romantic connections like the director of 'In the Mood for Love'."	POS

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