2046

2004 Directed by Wong Kar-wai

Are you still in the mood for love?

Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life, over the course of a few years, after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love.

Tony Leung Chiu-Wai Zhang Ziyi Faye Wong Takuya Kimura Gong Li Carina Lau Siu Ping-Lam Maggie Cheung Dong Jie Bird McIntyre Chang Chen Wong Sam

Alternative Titles

2046 - Der ultimative Liebesfilm, Two Zero Four Six

fantasy drama romance science fiction

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Review by Jonathan White ★★★★★ 52

Two Oh Four Six is a nightmare that haunts you.
Two Oh Four Six is a problem that can’t be solved.
Two Oh Four Six is a rehearsal after the performance.
Two Oh Four Six is an ideal that can never be realized.
Two Oh Four Six is endless reexamination.
Two Oh Four Six is a bird with no hope of purchase.
Two Oh Four Six is time out of place.
Two Oh Four Six is an excuse.
Two Oh Four Six is hope that will never be fulfilled.
Two Oh Four Six is your ideal self.
Two Oh Four Six exposes you for what you really are.
Two Oh Four Six is your biggest fear.
Two Oh Four Six…
Review by Peaceful Stoner ★★★★★ 70

True Love is a Birthmark of a Soul. When a person falls in love, truly, he is reborn, into a World of two people, a train of thought where every cell of you connects with the other. He is born into a World of hope and a future blossoming with happiness. He experiences to the fullest extent, every minute of her life with him, his life with her and the life they share. He does not worry about the past, his financial instabilities, neither his present predicaments nor does he doubt whether this will last forever. When In love he lives in the moment as every moment has the potential to be a cherished memory in the future no matter…
Review by iana ★★★★★ 4

UHHHH WONG KAR WAI HIS FUCKING MIND !!!!!
Review by DirkH ★★★★★ 11

Me and Stevie G on a Sci-Fi spree
When I studied English the inevitability of having to read poetry was a fact. No oddments l problem to some, a view l chore to others. I definitely belonged to the latter category, much preferring proze. Until I was introduced to the metaphysical poets that is. The idea of exploring the state of a concept, a notion, an idea and thus trying to find out what it is in a few short lines is a stunning thing to read. I know for a fact that this is the reason why I love Wong Kar Wai's films so much. They are metaphysical at their core.
And 2046 might just be the very best…
Review by Milez Das ★★★★★ 6

How do you mend your heart after its broken?
As I was feeling every frame and part of this movie, the quote that was going through my mind was this one from the movie Her,
Theodore: Sometimes I think I have felt everything I'm ever gonna feel. And from here on out, I'm not gonna feel anything new. Just lesser versions of what I've already felt.
Chow has felt everything he can with Su Li-zhen, he is still struggling with over the loss of his love. How to forget all this? Is he going to find that love again?
As he parties he way through, meeting new women on a daily basis, having one night stands. He meets Bai Ling…
Review by YI JIAN ★★★★ 10

The true essence of loneliness is not felt when you're alone, but when you're surrounded by people you can't connect with. No one captures a mood quite like Wong Kar Wai, the narration and the cigarette smoke crawling in slow motion, opening and closing of doors, we are all under his spell, his mercy. Tony Leung, with or without the mustache, is always pleasant to watch. Faye Wong channeled a new level of energy with two different performances. (I Fell in Love with An Android, but That's OK) Maggie Cheung seemed to be centuries away, but her shadow is ever-present. I expected -- wanted -- in the mood for love 2. (or 3. What's the order of this trilogy again?) Turns out Wong Kar Wai's never contented with making the same thing twice. Still awesome.

Recent reviews

Review by KE1CHI ★★★★★

El cine es una cuestión de coordinación. De nada sirve encontrar la película perfecta si no es el momento adecuado.
Review by cafeconlethe ★★★★★

hot + sad cinematic universe
Review by Giacbat92 ★★★★½

Straziante storia di amori,rimorsi,rimpianti. 2046 è qualsiasi cosa, una camera d'albergo, il futuro che verrà, un bellissimo film.
Nota a margine. Composizione scenica incredibile, fotografia favolosa.
Review by Zeke Taylor ★★★★★

Another experience of knowing nothing about the movie or the director going in, only watching because a friend of mine listed it as a top 25 film of the 21st century. Can’t deny that my friend might be on to something. I now look forward to doing research about this director and the details surrounding the movie’s making and reception.
Review by Ryan Curtis

The more you watch each Wong Kar-Wai film, the better they get. I am sure that will be the case for this.
I don’t know how I feel about a sequel to In the Mood For Love. I know that people say it’s a “thematic sequel” and not a “sequel sequel,” but I mean, Chow is the same Chow from Love. And I don’t know how interested I was in seeing a sequel.

Cool future vibes tho. Love the shoes.
Review by Anthony Karl Alipit ★★★

Di solid yung premise niya for me unlike yung past films niya na napanood ko.
Nonetheless Ms. Bai is a mood
Also bakit namemention lagi(?) yung Philippines sa past films niya???? Nu meron. Someone enlighten me pls.
Review by moka ★★★★★

All memories are traces of tears
Review by PaigeFetter

Sometimes words dont match the feelings that you have
Review by bigstef ★★★★

An ultimately superfluous film, but isn't that fitting for a movie about the desperate desire to return to one's past?