Fresh
They have made the film function successfully almost as well as in the original setting.
Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic
Dangerous Liaisons
some sin is beautiful.
2012 · 1h 50m · Not Rated
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Hur Jin-ho
Overview
Dangerous Liaisons is a Chinese film by Hur Jin-ho based on the novel with the same title by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
67%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Much of the cynicism, and thus the fun, of its many Western predecessors goes missing.
Kate Taylor, Globe and Mail
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
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
Fresh
Takes Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' 18th century source material to its most sumptuous silliness - I mean that as a compliment.
G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle
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