Langston Young
3Nov11
Perfectly stated. I had to up my rating to five stars eventually as well. This movie stays with you long after it's done. My 2nd favorite WKW film.
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Amani
6Jan12
This film is about heartbreak. . At first, I thought it would just be about love and all the regular self-problems that come along with that. Instead, you see that Ho Po-Wing does love Fai, but in a codependent sort of way. There's not a clear cut reason for the two being together happy or otherwise---they just fall into and out of place, not the normal way but this is what happens when love is diff between two mates.
eric
30Nov11
As if the hot water tap turns a bit cooler, the stormy relationship between Ho Po-Wing (Leslie Cheung) and Lai Yiu-fai (Tony Leung Chiu-Wai) sparks hot and cold in this bedroom drama set in a less-than-sunny and perpetually nocturnal Buenos Aires. Wong Kar-Wai's film about love on the edge near the world's edge has its cabin-fever lovers nearly shout "I can't quit you!" Christopher Doyle lenses its searing visuals.
Ryan Nichols
3Nov11
i had to up it to five stars. the last thirty minutes were absolutely touching. buenos aries, iguazu falls, ushuaia, taipei, and the upside down hong kong all being bleak settings for loneliness and irony was just perfect. i agree with the comment below, first time i realized how similar gay and straight couples could be. not that i was ignorant to it, it's just that i really witnessed it with this film. great stuff.
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Accept No Substitutions
25Aug11
In a word: meh. It was made of nice little moments, but the story didn't go anywhere and the characters didn't seem to move. Also, narration was used more as a convenience in spots than for character insight (after seeing this and 2041, comparisons to Terrence Malick and Godard don't seem fair). At this point: 3 stars/5.
séamus_donnchadh
23Aug11
just rented but didnt realize that it is only subtitled in russian....what gives? any way to switch to spanish or english subtitles?
Jesue Valle
13Aug11
I'm adding this film to my list of favourites from Wong Kar-Wai. Set mostly in Argentina, this movie made me even more excited for my trip to South America next year!
Ivan Tinoco
24Jul11
Seeing this on the big screen at Miff 2011 was a real pleasure. It is an exquisite film , a true love story. Wong kar wai and Doyle make Buenos Aires look like you will never seen before. Best leung performance for me.
Aritz Bolivar
9May11
Happy Together is Christopher Doyle's best photographic direction, hands down. The colorful imagery, the black and white scenes and the music-video techniques also seen in Wong's previous films like Fallen Angels or Chungking Express made me love this movie even more. Damn fantastic.
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Zhuliya
3May11
How can a film with both Tony Leund and Leslie Cheung as leading actors not be good? In fact, this is so much more than just "good", this is painfully beautiful. I just gave it 4 stars because it isn't my favourite Wong film and I didn't quite like it as much as Chunking Express or In the Mood for Love.
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Zarathustrax
26Apr11
Wong Kar-Wai is simple amazing, this has to be one of the most gorgeous films I have ever seen.
WhatsUpWill
7Apr11
After going through some of the same shit as both characters go through, this film becomes more and more relatable. And it was a hetero relationship too. Just a all around fantastic, brutally honest film.
rita amal baghdadi
26Jan11
"I wonder what Hong Kong looks like upside down". Wong Kar-Wai is awesome.
soiwaswrong
16Jun10
One of the best and greatest film I have ever saw.... And 2nd of my Wong's fdavorite film....
Andhika Eka Buana
15Jun10
to think of it again, this one deserves a full 5 star. I just couldn't get the (as usual) brilliant cinematography, and that Tango Apasionado out of my head.