The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful

2017

1h 52m

Mystery & Thriller

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83%

6 Reviews

Tomatometer

88%

Fewer than 50 Ratings

Audience Score

Willing to do anything to increase her wealth and power, the hard-hearted matriarch of an all-female family acts as mediator between the rich and the powerful.

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The film is clearly made for the Taiwan audience and needs to be adopted to make sense to the western audience. There are too many specific cultural references without which the movie loses it's character. I suppose speaking Chinese also helps so you don't have to read subtitles, as the visuals contains really subtle prompts - miss one and you miss the whole plot. You can easily turn this film into a little research project and probably will need to watch twice to make appreciate it all, otherwise you will end up really really confused.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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ernest e

I couldn't follow all the pieces of the plot but this did not matter since just watching it is enough to be properly entertained.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Dive in to life of Taiwanese socialites in this complex crime drama. What's amusing is the family of Madam Tang, his daughter and granddaughter, are all women and have a gift in deceiving everyone in their quest for power and wealth. A women mafia if I might say. The number of subplots and crimes are way too many and complex that I couldnt keep up and feels like a blur. Overall, It's lovable crime tragedy.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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2018-4-1 One of the best Taiwanese movies I've ever watched. No detail was not related. They connected to each other very well.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Yang Ya-che

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Kara Wai

Madame Tang

Ke-Xi Wu

Tang Ning

Vicky Chen

Tang Chen

Chia-yen Ko

Tang Chen

Chen-Ling Wen

Lin Pien-Pien

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Elizabeth Kerr

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The film tells an outrageously labyrinthine tale of power, corruption and lies pivoting on a ruthless matriarch and the daughters she is ostensibly gaining all her wealth for.

Jan 5, 2018

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Shikhar Verma

High on Films

While the acting is all fine across the board, the characters that seem unpredictable and dark end up being constantly mocked by their own very nature.

Rated: 1.5/5

Oct 9, 2019

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Zhuo-Ning Su

The Film Stage

this sumptuously produced, meticulously plotted and deliciously acted cautionary tale provides a riotous, fun time.

Rated: B+

Aug 3, 2018

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Andrew Blackie

FILMINK (Australia)

...may be batshit crazy, but it does craziness elegantly

Jul 12, 2018

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Edmund Lee

South China Morning Post

[It] is ultimately more memorable for the chilling performances of its trio of actresses than for its story, which turns into a spectacle of family dysfunction and moral depravity.

Rated: 3.5/5

Dec 7, 2017

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David D'Arcy

Screen International

If the title promises a melodrama, this orgy of betrayal certainly is one; yet deft acting and sheer audacity take it beyond standard melodrama fare.

Oct 16, 2017

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Synopsis

Willing to do anything to increase her wealth and power, the hard-hearted matriarch of an all-female family acts as mediator between the rich and the powerful.

Director: Yang Ya-che
Producer: Dennis Wu
Screenwriter: Yang Ya-che
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Chinese
Runtime: 1h 52m