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20 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumFor the love of all things sensual and mysterious, see this one on a big screen.
- 80Village VoiceVillage VoiceWittily, earnestly, gorgeously sets up the paradox he has returned to throughout his career--that of romantic memory as both scourge and succor.
- 80Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin Thomas"Ashes" is glorious and ultimately wrenching, but it's a tough journey.
- 80Washington PostWashington PostDeliriously beautiful movie.
- 75The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsYet for all Ashes' frustrations, it's still a gorgeous piece of filmmaking.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoThe film has all the visual flourishes we expect of Doyle and Wong, and they're reason enough to see Ashes of Time Redux. Just don't expect to make sense of the plot.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleElliptical, sweeping, lovely and thoroughly confusing.
- 60New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierOnly in its final scenes do the usual WKW themes emerge in full bloom, but purists shouldn't miss it.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterMartial-arts lovers may find it too arty, and art-film lovers, Wong's international fan base, may find it too generic and too violent.
- 50VarietyDerek ElleyVarietyDerek ElleyThe temptation of artists to fiddle with their earlier works brings predictably mixed results in Ashes of Time: Redux.