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Summary Chow Mo-wan rents a room in a Hong Kong apartment building. It's sheer coincidence that he moves in the same day that Su Li-zhen moves in next door. They never have a real conversation until Mr. Chow realizes that their respective spouses are having an affair. This discovery shocks both of them. Mr. Chow, feeling hurt and wishing to un...
Directed By: Kar-Wai Wong
Written By: Kar-Wai Wong
In the Mood for Love
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Summary Chow Mo-wan rents a room in a Hong Kong apartment building. It's sheer coincidence that he moves in the same day that Su Li-zhen moves in next door. They never have a real conversation until Mr. Chow realizes that their respective spouses are having an affair. This discovery shocks both of them. Mr. Chow, feeling hurt and wishing to un...
Directed By: Kar-Wai Wong
Written By: Kar-Wai Wong
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 28 Critic Reviews
87
93% Positive
26 Reviews
26 Reviews
7% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 28 Critic Reviews
87
93% Positive
26 Reviews
26 Reviews
7% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
User Score
Universal Acclaim Based on 222 User Ratings
8.5
89% Positive
197 Ratings
197 Ratings
7% Mixed
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
5% Negative
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim Based on 222 User Ratings
8.5
89% Positive
197 Ratings
197 Ratings
7% Mixed
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
5% Negative
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
Apr 28, 2025
"In the Moon for Love" is an impressionistic poetic look at marriage and longing. Soon after a journalist (Tony Leung) and a secretary (Maggie Cheung), both married to other people, move into the same crowded Hong Kong building in 1962, they brush past each other in mesmerizing slow motion. Sparks don’t fly; they smolder. They keep on burning in Wong Kar-wai’s rapturously beautiful, elegiac romance, in which he inscribes desire in every glance and unspoken word. Here, the sensuous curve of a woman’s back becomes an emblem of longing while the tendrils of smoke from a man’s cigarette express the ache of life’s impermanence. The violin score by Michael Galasso is incredibly haunting every time they're walking down the alley and the frequent use of "Aquellos Ojos Verdes" and "Quizás, Quizás, Quizás" by Nat King Cole significantly contributes to the film's atmosphere and emotional impact.
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It's a masterpiece, a sublime tone poem that shows what cinema is capable of when it tries to do more than just tell a story.
This enthralling, enigmatic, romantic drama from Asia's most influential auteur (Chungking Express) is an essay in appetite and inhibition.
Although In the Mood for Love isn't in the mood for action, it dazzles with everything but.
Wong denies us the satisfaction of resolution, but in sharing his mastery of cinema, and his gift for conveying mood, desire and vivid emotions, he's more than generous.
In the Mood for Love has novelty value, I suppose, and plenty of pretty camera moves, but it's not really a movie you can warm to.
Jun 30, 2013
The movie is very slow moving and I assumed the pace would increase but, sadly, I was wrong. Nothing much really happens. The music gets very irritating. I think anyone could have played the roles of the main characters. The only praise I have is that it is quite artistic. I am somewhat perplexed as to why so many people adore this film.
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Dec 27, 2016
Je viens de regarder ce film et j'ai l'impression de sortir du coma. J'ai pas tout regardé à vitesse nominale mais j'ai tenu une demi-heure ainsi, ce que je considère comme un magnifique exploit. Je pensais alors que ça faisait au moins deux heures et quelque que je regardais l'air ahuri ce cinéma d'auteur du festival de Cannes et que le générique de fin libérateur allait me délivrer. Libera me domine ! mais non, le temps du cinéma d'auteur qu'il soit chinois, javanais, français ou indo-pakistanais s'écoule infiniment plus lentement et chaque minute contemplée de ce film abrutissant, des tas de neurones meurent en masse. Car la connerie tue. Ne pas s'étonner alors si les peigne-culs des festivals suivis par la presse intello-bobo en mettent partout après, se gargarisant, pontifiant et idolâtrant à tout va les archi-méga-grosses merdes de ce genre. Peu importe les comédiens dans ce cinéma de l'abrutissement, aucun ou aucune ne serait en mesure de sauver une telle affliction : pensez donc, dans le Hongkong des années 60, deux cocus qui habitent dans des cagibis se tournent autour et tentent de se renifler discrètement le fion sans jamais y parvenir. Une heure trois quarts de ça. Tu le crois ça ? non mais putain ça troue le cul !
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Production Company
- Jet Tone Production
- Block 2 Pictures
- Paradis Films
Release Date Feb 2, 2001
Duration 1 h 38 m
Rating PG
Tagline Feel the heat, keep the feeling burning, let the sensation explode.
Awards
Hong Kong Film Awards
• 5 Wins & 12 Nominations
Golden Horse Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 9 Nominations
Chlotrudis Awards
• 2 Wins & 6 Nominations
