“Looks, gestures and even clothes stand in for what remains unspoken, with Wong employing a subtle array of stylistic devices – organized around a structure of ritual and repetition – to evoke repressed passion and wistful nostalgia… In the Mood for Love is sublime.” David Cox, i–D
“This film is not only a treatise on memory, but also on the art of acting.” Amy Taubin, Sight & Sound
“A heartbreaking final scene more than substantiates the idea that it is a Brief Encounter for the 21st century” Ryan Gilbey, Guardian Film
“The film is itself a vivid monument dedicated to an era… Wong Kar Wai has “kidnapped” an [earlier] era and married it to French cinema.” Charles Tesson, Cahiers du Cinema
“In the Mood for Love is the most sensuous film of the year. Yet, in an age when cinema and television routinely parade acres of naked flesh before us, Wong shows nothing more explicit than two people brushing past each other in a corridor. The results are electrifying.” SF Said, The Daily Telegraph
Awards
2000 Cannes Film Festival
Won: Best Actor (Tony Leung Chiu–wai)
Won: Technical Grand Prize (Christopher Doyle, Lee Ping-bing, William Chang)
Nominated: Palme d'Or
2001 Hong Kong Film Awards
Won: Best Actor (Tony Leung Chiu-wai)
Won: Best Actress (Maggie Cheung)
Won: Best Art Direction (William Chang)
Won: Best Costume & Make-up Design (William Chang)
Nominated: Best Picture
Nominated: Best Director (Wong Kar-wai)
Nominated: Best Screenplay (Wong Kar-wai)
Nominated: Best Cinematography (Christopher Doyle)
