Dangerous Liaisons

Released Nov 9, 2012

1h 45m

Drama

Romance

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68%

19 Reviews

Tomatometer

53%

500+ Ratings

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An aging socialite (Cecilia Cheung) dares a former lover (Jang Dong-gun) to win, bed and leave a chaste woman (Ziyi Zhang), but the plan goes awry when the infamous ladykiller begins to fall in love with his mark.

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Stanley Kauffmann

The New Republic

They have made the film function successfully almost as well as in the original setting.

Jun 17, 2013

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Kate Taylor

Globe and Mail

Much of the cynicism, and thus the fun, of its many Western predecessors goes missing.

Rated: 2/4

Nov 9, 2012

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Manohla Dargis

New York Times

Schadenfreude carries a delectable tang no matter the language, and as the history of Hollywood shows, stories about pretty people behaving badly remain reliably alluring.

Rated: 3.5/5

Nov 8, 2012

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

For those familiar with the material, besides the language and location, there's absolutely nothing new brought to material that's been done better, several times before.

Aug 6, 2019

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Richard Yu

Cinema Escapist

The film lives up to its expectations by presenting a beautifully tragic story of how one woman's scheming ends up costing the people who surround her dearly.

Jul 1, 2019

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Anton Bitel

Grolsch Film Works

Despite its period setting, Dangerous Liaisons is equally a cautionary tale for - and of - present-day China.

Feb 28, 2014

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Audience Member

It's actually more than OK.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Is this the best version of this story ever told? Tough call, but possibly yes. It wouldn't exist without its forebears, there's a couple of moments shamelessly pulled from the Stephen Frears version, the treatment of the Cecile character owes more than a little to Cruel Intentions, and the references to the politics of the new setting feel somewhat tacked on. Nonetheless, it's one of the most sumptuous films ever made in terms of design, and if it leads you in with your eyes, the script does the whole thing justice. Cecelia Cheung absolutely marvels in taking on a role that's been done by Jeanne Moreau, Annette Bening and Glenn Close and making it her own tour de force so that you don't know whether to cheer or run screaming.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Audience Member

Let's all indulge ourselves and live without consequence. yay!... not.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Audience Member

well crafted chinese version of the french novel and pic

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

Camera is amazing, the story is a bit weak. Nothing too impressive

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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2.5/5 --- Decent could've been much better...was expecting more so I ended up being more disappointed! Plot that's been done a thousand times over in a million over movies/plays, story was slow and predictable, cinematography was ok, sometimes weird angles of blurry close ups and then panning...Acting was good, Zhang Ziyi performs well though it's strange and almost unfitting of her to play such a weak role/character. Other characters were stereotypical, setting was also odd 1931 China looks extremely glamourous. It's so nice to not have to read subtitles (I miss Chinese films)...Wonder who does them and how some end up translated so wrong? At least there were no misspellings :D

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Hur Jin-ho

Director

Zhang Ziyi

Du Fenyu

Jang Dong-gun

Xie Yifan

Cecilia Cheung

Mo Jieyu

Shawn Dou

Dai Wenzhou

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Synopsis

An aging socialite (Cecilia Cheung) dares a former lover (Jang Dong-gun) to win, bed and leave a chaste woman (Ziyi Zhang), but the plan goes awry when the infamous ladykiller begins to fall in love with his mark.

Director: Hur Jin-ho
Producer: Xia Zhang
Screenwriter: Yan Geling
Distributor: Well Go USA
Production Co: Zonbo Media
Genre: Drama, Romance
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 9, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 11, 2013
Runtime: 1h 45m

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