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(1 - 31) of 31 OFCS Rating: 74% Fresh Page   1   3/5 "Lust - the word that speaks of inflamed passions, repressed longing and seriously naughty sex stands ill at ease with this rather languid exploration of freedom fighting during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai in the early 1940s."   Eye for Film   Amber Wilkinson 3/4 "[Lust, Caution] gets around to honouring its pretensions towards truthfulness in a climax that exposes the sham of Blackbook."   Film Freak Central   Bill Chambers 4/5 " While some will feel his previous works better illustrate his gift of film, Lust, Caution creates an unmatched statement of cinematic wisdom all its own."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron "An uncompromising and incredibly seductive piece of filmmaking that is too long but has so many good elements going for it that it is hard to really care that on certain points the director seems to have thrown caution to the wind."   european-films.net   Boyd van Hoeij 3/5 "If you're going to play with taboo, you better be ready to break the thing."   Filmcritic.com   Chris Cabin "The primary question in Lust, Caution (Se, jie) is: "What is real?" The answers, nebulous and harsh, are suffused with cigarette smoke and punctuated by clacking mahjong tiles."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs C+ "Chugs along at such a slow speed it nearly put me to sleep despite its graphic sex scenes... ."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz "Setting and wardrobe are relatively simple but immaculate. Less complication would have benefited the film, but perhaps the (female) heart is unknowable."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Donald J. Levit 2.5/4 "Ang Lee seems to want to butt-**** Paul Verhoeven's Black Book, slightly amending that film's sketchy sexual politics but flattening its stirring socio-cultural purview, ending up similarly half-cocked."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez 4/5 "La mano experta de Ang Lee logra sostener el relato durante sus dos horas y media de duración, con algunos picos de intensidad en un par de escenas brillantemente resueltas."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio C+ "Strangely inert and passionless, with a running time that is far too long for a movie so devoid of compelling emotion."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider "Lovers of genuine cinema will get blue balls"   CinePassion   Fernando F. Croce B "Beautiful but remote...But fascinated or bored, you won't be able to deny the level of craftsmanship it displays."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 "A compelling espionage thriller that reveals the untold dangers and depths of role-playing and raw sexuality."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3.5/4 "Aided by the nuanced, forceful performances of his two leads, [Ang Lee] has made Lust, Caution something to be seen and savored."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3/4 "Ang Lee has gone back to his roots and the results are undeniably intriguing."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 7/10 "I'm quite certain Lee got the mood he wanted for the movie ... but I'm not certain Wong/Mrs. Mak is someone we can easily feel fascination or an affinity for."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 66/100 "There's no doubt while watching Ang Lee's Lust, Caution that you're in the hands of a supreme filmmaker."   MovieMartyr.com   Jeremy Heilman A "unfurls at the same pace as a doomed lotus blossom. And just as beautifully with the year's most sensuous cinematography"   Old School Reviews   John A. Nesbit 4/5 "Well crafted and painful to watch. Worth paying Matinee price if you can shake the discomfort off."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 2.5/5 "Lee has outsexed Paul Verhoeven. (Who would have imagined that Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone's f--- of the century could look so tame?)"   Film-Forward.com   Kent Turner 4/4 "A meditative, melancholy account of wartime espionage."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik "What is graphic and raw and adult and disturbing are the roiling, dangerous emotions underlying the hot, sweaty, etc sex..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3.5/4 "Ang Lee has shown that sometimes art has to be bold. Because he presents the sexuality as graphically as he does, Lust, Caution becomes much richer and more meaningful than it would have been otherwise."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan 2/5 "It feels like what "Black Book" would have been like had it been completely leached of all that pesky tension and excitement."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski C "A downer with no redeeming entertainment value outside of its hot sex scenes."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B- "Lee lingers on grace notes of unspoken signals and unfulfilled desire..."   Seattle Post-Intelligencer   Sean Axmaker 3/4 "Gorgeously crafted with virtuosic patience."   Charlotte Weekly   Sean O'Connell 7/10 "Sadomasochistic and suspenseful, this erotic Chinese historical drama rightfully earns its NC-17 rating for 'explicit sexuality.'"   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger 5/10 "The sex scenes, and the love story that sparks them, simply don't work, and that's not a minor problem."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 31) of 31 OFCS Rating: 74% Fresh Page   1