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Chungking Express

If my memory of her has an expiration date, let it be 10,000 years...

1994 · 1h 43m · PG-13 Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by Wong Kar-Wai

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Overview

Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant.

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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes

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All reviews
89%
Tomatometer
Fresh

I've never been a big fan of technique that calls attention to itself, but Wong's frenetic blend of slow motion, pixilation, rushing backgrounds and frozen foregrounds (or vice versa) is as integral to this movie as its bubbly story and characters.

Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times
Fresh

[Wong's] hypnotic images of love and loss finally wear down your resistance as seemingly discordant sights and sounds coalesce into a radiant, crazy quilt.

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Fresh

Chungking Express is a breezy little Hong Kong movie that has more life, energy, humanity and sheer visual zing than most other shows you'll see in a month or so.

Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
Rotten

Dull it is not, but Wong's trademark sense of romantic melancholy fails to jell amid all the excess.

Dave Kehr, New York Daily News
Fresh

It's the cinematic equivalent of popcorn on a hot stove with jump-cut shots, freeze frames, stirringly beautiful images and boundless energy.

Desson Thomson, Washington Post

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