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Kung Fu Hustle
2004
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Positive Reviews
57
Negative reviews
2
Average Rating
3.9
/5
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4.5
And in a film where special effects erase physics and the constraints of the human body, theres absolutely no telling what will come next.
Av Club
4.5
Kung Fu Hustle is simply a wild and crazy roller coaster ride that keeps topping itself every 10 minutes.
Austin Chronicle
3.8
Now comes Kung Fu Hustle..This is the kind of movie where you laugh occasionally and have a silly grin most of the rest of the time.
Rogerebert
4.5
All of the best gags and the most astonishing action sequences come in the films first half.By the time the movie winds down to its cacophonous conclu ..
E Film Critic
4.0
The movie is packed with energy and never stops moving, even if the characters do.
Cinema Blend
4.0
Its final 20 minutes are also a blast, with a showcase of one of the grandest and most over the top fights to be splattered on the big screen in years ..
JoBlo
5.0
Everything from slapstick physical humor to great lines delivered by the cast.
Screen Rant
3.5
A brilliant kung fu nonsense style special effects action/comedy film.
Sover
3.0
A giant leap forward in Stephen Chows ongoing assault on Jackie Chans status as reigning balletic clown master of martial arts mayhem, this extravagan ..
Tv Guide
4.4
The hugely enjoyable Kung Fu Hustle races across the screen in a colorful collage of various styles, from classic kung fu films to silent comedies to ..
Combust Ible Celluloid
3.8
Fans of kung fu movies will have a rip roaring time, but even moviegoers who are not enamored of the genre are bound to enjoy the bizarre antics and s ..
Usa Today
3.8
For all of its action and arresting visuals, these elements remain in service to the story.
Lariat
4.5
It is a perfect match for the movie itself, which is wildly funny and inventive, a giddy re imagining of martial arts flicks that might be one of the ..
Eric Ds Nider
3.5
Not only is it hilariously funny, but its also a fiendishly entertaining (albeit somewhat cartoonish) action movie.
Shadows On The Wall
5.0
The Acting The acting is kind of irrelevant, because this is essentially a non stop barrage of cartoonish action comedy that is breath takingly hilari ..
View London
4.5
Its a technically expert and visually seductive tour de force from someone who is very likely the funniest man in Asia.
Film Journal
4.0
Its by no means Chows funniest movie, but its easily the most brutal and violent.
Smh
4.5
Personally, I find it hard to imagine the film fan who cant get into the sublime silliness of Kung Fu Hustle.
Mountain X
1.0
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Star Tribune
4.0
Avoiding the slickness and self congratulatory winks of many other comic action films, Kung Fu Hustle tickles the funny bone, fulfills our childlike w ..
Reel Talk Reviews
3.8
The Meg I was hoping that The Meg would be a good dose of big, dumb, late summer fun, and for the most part it is.
Q Network
4.2
The scenes of high flying ultraviolence will leave you gasping between giggles.
Ew
4.0
In spite of going on too long, Chow gives yet another very funny action comedy that spoofs the genre while never subjecting the audience to mind deple ..
Cinema Crazed
4.5
You could pick on the threadbare narrative, little more than a way of stringing together the sketches and set pieces.
Eye For Film
3.5
As if to strip them of any traces of humanity, most are given generic titles instead of names.
Sf Gate
5.0
But none of this matters much, since Kung Fu Hustle is essentially one long computer enhanced Looney Tunes punch up and probably the most fun youll ha ..
Bbc
3.8
Like Shaolin Soccer, the film is positively insane, a genre defying spectacle of postmodern signs colliding at rates seemingly faster than the speed o ..
Slant Magazine
4.0
Kung Fu Hustle snaps and crackles like nuclear popcorn on a scorching griddle.
Washington Post
3.5
But for all its stylishness, verve and moments of visual poetry, the relentlessly punishing slapstick and overall cruel tone left me cold.
Washington Post
4.0
In Kung Fu Hustle, you never know what to expect from Chows silly script, which fully integrates hardcore kung fu sequences with slapstick humor one m ..
Bullz-Eye
3.8
Timing is exquisite.Chow waits just the right number of beats after Landlords been flung off a balcony by Landlady to have a flowerpot land on his hea ..
Reeling Reviews
3.8
Timing is exquisite.Chow waits just the right number of beats after Landlords been flung off a balcony by Landlady to have a flowerpot land on his hea ..
Reeling Reviews
2.5
Even the Wile E. Coyote Roadrunner dynamic had a certain amount of pathos; Kung Fu Hustle is inventive, wild and completely pointless.
Las Vegas Weekly
3.8
One of the great strengths of Kung Fu Hustle is that you dont have to be a fan to enjoy it.Chows endeavor stands well enough on its own as a comedy an ..
ReelViews
3.8
In a farce like this, where the story is merely a string of martial arts movie cliches lined up to be parodied, that has its own rewards.
Seattle Pi
3.8
Set in an impoverished area of 30s era pre Revolutionary China known as Pig Sty Alley, the movie follows an upstart extortionist Sing (Chow) attemptin ..
Coles Mithey
4.0
It might have been best to leave it at that; the romantic subplot is perfunctory, and each time it pops up, the movie grinds to a halt.It seems to fun ..
Pajiba
4.4
The hugely enjoyable Kung Fu Hustle races across the screen in a colorful collage of various styles, from classic kung fu films to silent comedies to ..
Spliced Wire
2.5
Kung Fu Hustle may actually be a more well rounded comedy that it appears.
Movie Habit
3.8
Rosie DiManno: Sometimes, the truth simply will never be known Last week we learned that we likely will never learn the cause of two spectacular myste ..
The Star
3.5
Its plotting is often confused and confusing, ridiculously contrived and just plain silly.
Deseret News
4.5
Anyone who wants to examine this delightful piece of nonsense should like what they find.
Urban Cine File
1.9
The story is definitely a spot on spoof of almost every Kung Fu movie ever made.
Three Movie Buffs
3.8
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Kansas City
4.4
A lush piece of entertainment! Wow! Big action. Big comedy. Big heart. Youll laugh, youll cry, youll laugh and cry at the same time.
Ross Anthony
4.4
Marvel at Hustle for both its crackerjack comedy and violent ballet battles.
The Filmy Ap
3.1
While the film eventually degenerates into standard combat one upmanship, Mr. Chow keeps the gags flying almost as rapidly as the fists.
Big Picture Big Sound
3.1
Not your typical action film, Kung Fu Hustle is a parody like Airplane is for disaster movies or Scary Movie is for horror films.
Waffle Movies
3.8
The script walks a tightrope between a serious backstreet brawl epic and a Three Stooges film; the effect keeps the audience on its toes because you n ..
Movie Crypt
4.5
The Bottom Line: While Kung Fu Hustle is not for everybodyit may be to action flicks what Moulin Rouge is to movie musicalsanyone who ever enjoyed an ..
ComingSoon
3.5
Amid the surreal and nearly nonstop mayhem, Chow finds little pockets of poignancy: watching these gallant old timers bite the dust can produce an unc ..
News Week
4.5
Chow is a genius in generating extraordinary drama from the familiar.
Film Comment
4.5
You will be able to save yourself from getting disappointed of watching nothing but a lame movie.
Window To The Movies
3.8
It would seem all but impossible not to have a good time watching Kung Fu Hustle...
Freep
3.8
We want you to be happy!.What if I do a mailing and get returned mail
Movie Eye
4.0
It feels like the film is tripping from scene to scene, rushing to keep up with the energy and momentum that outpaces the slim story, but in a film al ..
Stream On Demand At Home
4.0
If you can see it on the big screen, all the better.But holy crap, what a good time.
Need Coffee
4.5
Your heart will soar from the breezy insouciant, utter glorious style of the thing.
The Tyee
4.1
KFH never drops the ball of schtick it kicks around so fast.Its hardly coming out of the Word y Allen school but there are a bunch of hilarious lines.
Djardine Blogspot
3.2
With everything bigger and grander in Chows singular universe, its easy to overlook one small detail...that Kung Fu Hustle is less satisfying than its ..
Mixed Reviews
4.0
Mixing inventive special effects and great stunt work in an entirely original and fresh way, the films action sequences are simply great.
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