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      Shanghai

      R Released Oct 2, 2015 1 hr. 45 min. Drama Mystery & Thriller TRAILER for Shanghai: Trailer 1 List
      4% 24 Reviews Tomatometer 37% 2,500+ Ratings Audience Score In the months before the attack on Pearl Harbor, an American intelligence official (John Cusack) investigates a friend's death in 1941 China. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Jun 01 Buy Now

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      Shanghai is crippled by a weak story and fatally undermined by clunky direction, making for a period political drama that lacks all of its key components.

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      Anna H This is a great movie! I had to watch it several times to figure out the plot, etc., but now it's one of my favorite movies. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/29/24 Full Review Susan M I actually liked this movie. But here's the thing, watch it with English subtitles. Don't watch it in English. When you have multiple main characters whose first language isn't English, the scenes seem weak. Poor John Cusack was the only native English speaker! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/01/23 Full Review Jelisije J A 2010 film that feels like a 90's film and I appreciate this movie even more. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/02/23 Full Review Lucas G It is in my top 3 favorite movies of all time! Lots of humor, plenty of action and great dialogue! Definitely rewatching again!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/29/22 Full Review isla s This is a quite atmospheric, intriguing period drama thriller film, with some nice settings and costumes. I thought John Cusack did quite well as the 'gumshoe on the scene', as it were - he provides narration/voice-over at times, which I thought was quite good as it sounded very much like someone deep in thought, so there is certainly an element of authenticity present, from what I could tell. The colours appear somewhat muted at times. I liked the incidental music in the background, it added to the tension felt in key scenes. It's also fairly engrossing, I thought. As a foreign set period drama, this is a good film - one I'd recommend. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member It's good movie to watch Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Katie Walsh Tribune News Service Cusack is halfway between Humphrey Bogart and Jimmy Stewart, and the result doesn't come together. Rated: 2/4 Oct 7, 2015 Full Review Nick Allen RogerEbert.com Even if an uncredited editor were hired to make clear sense of these pieces, the film wouldn't work. Rated: 2/4 Oct 2, 2015 Full Review Glenn Kenny New York Times You might be forgiven for expecting either an unfairly squelched masterpiece or an unholy mess. The movie is neither, although it falls closer to the mess side of the table. Oct 1, 2015 Full Review Courtney Howard Fresh Fiction Perhaps the greatest mystery this film never solves isn't why Shanghai fell, but rather how such a magnificent cast was ever swayed to climb aboard. Rated: 2.5/5 Nov 5, 2017 Full Review Todd Jorgenson Cinemalogue The true-life historical background is more compelling than the fictional melodrama. Oct 9, 2015 Full Review Jeffrey M. Anderson Common Sense Media Written by the talented Hossein Amini and clearly inspired by spy and detective movies of the 1940s, this seems to have been a labor of love. But SHANGHAI is so convoluted that it eventually becomes lost. Rated: 2/5 Oct 9, 2015 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis In the months before the attack on Pearl Harbor, an American intelligence official (John Cusack) investigates a friend's death in 1941 China.
      Director
      Mikael Håfström
      Screenwriter
      Hossein Amini
      Distributor
      Weinstein Co.
      Production Co
      Living Films, E1 Entertainment
      Rating
      R (Strong Violence|Some Drug Use|Brief Language)
      Genre
      Drama, Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Oct 2, 2015, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jan 5, 2016
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $44.7K
      Sound Mix
      Dolby Digital
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