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Ip Man Review

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  • 3.0
    59

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Mixed or average reviews
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 50

    out of 100

    The New York Times Mike Hale

    Over all, the film is a prime exhibit in the relentless and regrettable shift away from a natural, allusive, romantic Hong Kong style and toward a mainland studio aesthetic that is stagebound, literal, overstuffed and sentimental - like the big-budget Hollywood weepies of the '60s or the '80s.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    Variety Derek Elley

    Ip Man will be manna for those who like their kung fu straight and wireless, their villains Japanese and their heroes unconflicted Chinese patriots.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    Village Voice

    Like his narrative, Yip's aesthetics are more muted and traditional than those of well-known florid imports "Hero" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." Yet such modesty is in tune with his soft-spoken protagonist, and also provides clean, sharp views of Yen's awe-inspiring skills, which, in choreographer Sammo Hung's thrilling one-against-many skirmishes, make literal the term "fists of fury."

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5

A Must See by Spartacus2000
A film based on and dramatizing the life story of a man named Ip Man, a genius of Wushu who grew up in China nearly destroyed by prejudice, warfare, and nationalistic strife. He rose like a phoenix above the ashes and became the great teacher of great man like Bruce Lee.

5


3

by Ronin Bahamut

5

by BLAZE8869

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