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Lost in Beijing

2007 · 1h 52m · N/A Drama, Romance
Directed by Li Yu

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Overview

A look at modern-day life in China's capital centered on a ménage-a-quatre involving a young woman, her boss, her husband and her boss's wife.

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52%
Tomatometer
Rotten

Begins with a wild coincidence and goes rapidly downhill from there, becoming one of the most unintentionally hilarious tragedies in quite some time.

G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten

The film benefits from solid performances by its four stars, but it is overly didactic and drawn-out as its comic tone grows darker and darker.

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Fresh

Though the film's emotional tone is blurry -- toward the end it swerves away from farce and back toward anguish - its social criticism could hardly be more clear.

A.O. Scott, New York Times
Fresh

Too serious for comedy and too improbable to achieve much impact as social melodrama, it works best as a showcase for its actors, all of whom bring more depth to the material than it achieves on its own.

Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times
Rotten

The sex is sufficient (if you care), the acting is good, and the shots of Beijing's streets and highways are interesting. But the story is contrived.

V.A. Musetto, New York Post

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