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Lost in Beijing
Directed by
Li Yu
2007
1h 52m
Drama
,
Romance
6.7
52%
59%
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A look at modern-day life in China's capital centered on a ménage-a-quatre involving a young woman, her boss, her husband and her boss's wife.
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Cast of Lost in Beijing
Fan Bingbing
Liu Pingguo
Tony Leung Ka-fai
Lin Dong
Elaine Jin Yan-Ling
Wang Mei
Tong Dawei
An Kun
Chloe Maayan
Xiao Mei
Bao Zhenjiang
Dr. Zhang
Fang Li
Mr. Lin / Producer
Li Yu
Director / Writer
Lost in Beijing Ratings & Reviews
Asian Movie Pulse
Panos Kotzathanasis
"Lost in Beijing" maybe somewhat surrealistic in its context, a tendency that actually continued in Li Yu's next films with Fan Bingbing, but is definitely fun to watch on a number of levels, and that is where its true value lies.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
A monotonous sordid melodrama.
Eye for Film
Amber Wilkinson
Li cements her status as a Chinese director to watch.
San Francisco Chronicle
G. Allen Johnson
Begins with a wild coincidence and goes rapidly downhill from there, becoming one of the most unintentionally hilarious tragedies in quite some time.
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
The film benefits from solid performances by its four stars, but it is overly didactic and drawn-out as its comic tone grows darker and darker.
New York Times
A.O. Scott
Though the film's emotional tone is blurry -- toward the end it swerves away from farce and back toward anguish - its social criticism could hardly be more clear.
Cinema Signals
Jules Brenner
You don't wind up thinking much of any of these characters. Sympathy is lost somewhere around the time the frantic camera style makes you dizzy.
Seattle Times
Jeff Shannon
Too serious for comedy and too improbable to achieve much impact as social melodrama, it works best as a showcase for its actors, all of whom bring more depth to the material than it achieves on its own.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Bill White
Lost in Beijing tells the story of a man who, when his wife becomes pregnant after being raped by her employer, enters into a series of financial negotiations with him.
Film Journal International
David Noh
Fang Li should be applauded for his courageous efforts to address taboo subjects of sex and politics, even while one may question certain aspects of his films.
NewsBlaze
Kam Williams
As messy a dysfunctional relationship drama as you could hope to witness on screen. How do you say 'Jerry Springer' in Mandarin?
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
The sex is sufficient (if you care), the acting is good, and the shots of Beijing's streets and highways are interesting. But the story is contrived.
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
When a rapist (Tony Leung) is the second-most sympathetic character in a story about greed, duplicity and adultery among four people, it needs a more forgiving audience than me.
Filmcritic.com
Chris Barsanti
whatever meaning the film might have had about China's disaffected, new striving capitalists is lost in the chaos and clutter
Spirituality & Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
An engaging parable about the dire effects of giving in to the Western obsession with money.
Newsday
John Anderson
It's a funny film, a parable of sorts, and a character-driven take on what's ticking in China.
Variety
Derek Elley
An involving, highly accessible portrait of an emotional menage a quatre in the modern-day Chinese capital.
The Hollywood Reporter
Ray Bennett
Lost in Beijing might have the Chinese censors trying to wield their scissors, but Li Yu's muddled sex drama is unlikely to cause an uproar, or make much of a stir, anywhere else.
Village Voice
Nick Pinkerton
The prevalent shooting style is monotonous naturalism, as the camera buzzes between contentious actors and trolls after anything on the move.
Slant Magazine
Fernando F. Croce
Last year's unwanted-pregnancy sweepstake continues with Lost in Beijing, Li Yu's soap-operatic drama set in China's bustling capital.
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