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Rating: 6.5 stars

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Hong Kong China

All movies seen on 09/14/2008

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Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)

Directed by Zhang Yimou

Drama | Eastern | Romance

Overview

During China’s Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as his wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control over his dominion is complete, including the royal family itself.

Rated R | Length 114 minutes

Actors

Chow Yun-Fat | Gong Li | Jay Chou | Liu Ye | Qin Junjie | Li Man | Ni Dahong | Chen Jin | Siran Ge | Jiulong Guo | Ma Tianyu | Feng Bai | Ming Li

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Looks so pretty but oh so not very good. Of course this is a Yimou Zhang flick with some big stars so it’s not terrible but unfortunately it is a misfire. Still gorgeous to look at and watch these stars interact but ultimately a disappointment. Too bad b/c I love everyone involved.

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