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(1 - 50) of 55 OFCS Rating: 98% Fresh Page   12   > Next "Yimou's work here is absorbing and fleet, and all the actors score ... but I would be more careful than most critics have been not to oversell it."   Blogcritics.org   Alan Dale 4.5/5 "Una hermosa flor fílmica cargada de poesía, cortada con delicadeza con una espada milenaria a una rapidez vertiginosa, y que libera su aroma épico entre flechas y tinta."   Cinenganos   Alex Ramirez 9/10 "Stunningly stylized period actioner in which the pen really is mightier than the sword."   Movie Gazette   Anton Bitel "A feast for the eyes."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker A "Hero is a visual, emotional, and poetic masterpiece."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark 4/5 "A feast for the eyes and the heart."   Cineman Syndicate   Chris Barsanti "Less about history per se than it is about its construction, its justifications, delusions, and deceptions."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 89/100 "Maybe the most beautifully-photographed movie I’ve ever seen."   Apollo Guide   Dan Jardine 5/5 "The simple fact of the matter is this: Hero is the best martial arts movie I have ever seen."   eFilmCritic.com   David Cornelius 3/4 "Zhang Yimou's Hero is another stirring example of how beautifully rendered films with subtitles stand a chance of hitting paydirt in the multiplexes."   Movie Boeuf   David N. Butterworth "If they got into a rumble in the courtyard of a mountaintop dojo, Hero would kick the butt of Crounching Tiger."   Portland Tribune   Dawn Taylor B "One of the most beautiful films ever as far as imagery."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 3.5/4 "Hero is elliptical, radically disjointed and female-empowering. Everything a wu xia should be...and then some."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez A+ "One of the most beautiful works of cinema to be presented in American theatres in this lifetime... It is a perfect film."   FilmJerk.com   Edward Havens 3/5 "Héroe no sería todo lo interesante que es sino estuviera filmada de la manera como está filmada."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio A- "The film is a stunning achievement. Nearly every shot is beautiful, impossible, or both."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider A- "Though the film begins as cheesily entertaining mytho-historical claptrap, it quickly becomes a uniquely compelling mystery that builds suspense in both the past and present."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov A "Voluptuous and amazing, this isn't a martial arts film--it's the apotheosis of the martial arts film. And it's a stirring national epic, too."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek B+ "Spectacle, in dazzling display, in what's on the menu. The special effects are -- and this statement is not made lightly -- some of the best ever committed to celluloid."   Mixed Reviews   Gabriel Shanks 3/4 "This is an amazingly stylish and vivid motion picture, where images move the story forward more forcefully than the traditional methods of exposition, dialogue, and character development. If there's a drawback, it's that the plot is trite."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3/4 "an epic visual poem that attempts to intertwine passion with national destiny"   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 2.5/4 "While consistently watchable, Yimou's movie is infused with a dirge-like tone...making it a somewhat wearisome and sluggish experience"   Perihelion Journal   Jay Antani 8/10 "Hero is a beautifully crafted movie, but unfortunately it's also carelessly revisionist."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen "The film’s themes are Shakespearean in their grandeur and simplicity. The title might well have a question mark appended, as the issue of heroism is roundly examined."   Pajiba   Jeremy C. Fox 4/4 "Instead of reinventing this genre, Zhang opts to dazzle his audience with his assemblage of technical and aesthetic wonders."   MovieMartyr.com   Jeremy Heilman 8/10 "It was like watching paintings and poetry come to life...intermixed with sword fights."   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo 91/100 "Put simply: this is one of the most stunning experiences ever."   FilmFocus   Joe Utichi A "stretching the envelope for imagery we've never seen on the big screen before"   Old School Reviews   John A. Nesbit 8/10 "...while Hero is essentially a nonstop ninety-odd minutes of sword fighting, it is one of the most visually beautiful films ever made."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio 4/4 "'Poética y sobrecogedora, es una obra de arte que nadie que ame el cine puede dejar de ver'"   Moviola   Jorge Avila Andrade 3.5/4.0 "... [not] precisely up to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’s style and completeness, but it does tell a compelling story in the most artistic means possible."   MovieCrypt.com   Kevin A. Ranson 4/4 "Displays a rare level of artistry, thematic depth and emotional resonance."   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest 3.5/5 "A beguiling blend of traditional martial arts epic and operatic Western a la Sergio Leone."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 8/10 "Visually HERO is stunning. The telling is operatic in style but becomes muddled. ... It certainly is a film that can be appreciated by wide audiences."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper 3.5/4 "For a lot of people, there's nothing better"   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes "It gives me chills just thinking about how amazing Hero is.... I’ve never felt uplifted by a movie about people fighting before."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 4/5 "Each scene is a painting; within those paintings is a ballet of movement, in the guise of wire-aided martial arts."   Goatdog's Movies   Michael W. Phillips, Jr. 3.5/4 "Hero is one of the most visually poetic movies I’ve ever seen."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B+ "The elegant precision of the ravishing images gives each scene a timeless beauty."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow B+ "Strikes a mildly resonant chord."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager "'Hero' could have been a landmark film; as is, it is nothing more than a lot of pretty pictures in the service of a storyline far too muddled for its own good"   Critic Doctor   Peter Sobczynski 4.5/5 "Introspective, subtle performances work beautifully with the film's graceful sense of movement and the fiercely relentless fighting styles."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 5/5 "Better experienced than discussed -- and better seen two or more times."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves A "Drawn in simple strokes but evoking a sense of awe on par with anything seen this year."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux B+ "A colorful visual feast with some universal themes appealing to a wide audience."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten A "As if a good story, well acted and directed, is not enough, Yimou takes it a dimension further with the spectacular behind-the-camera work"   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford A- "Yimou plays his images like a visual symphony, and turns a potential costume pageant into an exhilarating national myth."   Seattle Post-Intelligencer   Sean Axmaker "... one of the best films of its kind and one of the most beautiful films ever made."   ESplatter   Steve Biodrowski A- "On one level, Hero represents a return to wuxia convention… yet there's nothing even marginally conventional about its overpowering visual splendor."   Decent Films Guide   Steven D. Greydanus 10/10 "Truly an innovative work of art."   Modamag.com   Susan Granger  (1 - 50) of 55 OFCS Rating: 98% Fresh Page   12   > Next