GrimPrecise I'll tell you why so serious

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Bea Swanson This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

simasgor The first story told me to not hang on to somebody for along time after splitting up. It happens for a reason. Live afterwards and keep moving on. If you're on the right track then you'll find someone better than what you had before. The second story, I can't believe how amazing someone could change drastically for someone who they love. Imagine a fantastic free spirited woman turns into a stewardess and that police man turns into a sandwich store owner. But in the end to have a relationship we always need two people compromising each other like they did. Overall this is a very fun movie!

harrylin-812-205550 Lyrical, impressionistic, startling, and resonant. I have been in love (I still am), I have been lonely and wanting a way out, I have felt lost in the big city, and I have been struck dumb by moments of coincidence, whimsy, and happenstance ... this movie captures all those feelings perfectly - wrapped around a subtext of China's reclamation of Hong Kong and all the anxieties and uncertainties that brought. The emotional pitch of the film is astounding. And the humor and smile-inducing moments are truly original. Absolutely lovely.

Anthony Iessi This little film by Wong Kar-Wai has made some kind of movement in the states, but only when Quentin Tarantino, straight off of the success of Pulp Fiction, decided to catalog it in a selection of international deep cuts known as "Rolling Thunder pictures". He introduced to us a very simple- minded, un-pretentious, giddy Hong Kong film about love. There's a lot of funny little things here, having to do with canned goods. Also, this film arguably holds the record for the most times California Dreamin' by the Mamas and the Papas is played in a motion picture. It was played so much, that I now hate it. But in retrospect, it added to the gentle, playful nature of the film.

thegreatshonen Randomly found this at a Barnes and Noble for only $30 with the online price going for close to $60 so I figured I should get it. I've always like Wong Kar Wai and his movies. Very indie, very 90's and very good. Chungking Express follows the lives of 2 police officers in Hong Kong and see their love lives. The first is love sick over an ex-girlfriend of his, and eats more diced pineapple than Rick Ross. He meets a blond headed woman at the bar he goes to and hits on her. She leads some kind of Indian drug ring. Midway through its switches viewpoint to another police officer who's in love with a waitress at a local food stand who listens to the song California Dreamin' constantly.This movie is well made and well structured. The acting is great and believable. The soundtrack doesn't distract from the movie. My problem with the movie is the lack of progress and the loose ends of the 1st story. Overall me memorable movie from Wong Kar Wai, and one of the best foreign movies of the last 20 years