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Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: Chungking Express is a breezy little Hong Kong movie that has more life, energy, humanity and sheer visual zing than most other shows you'll see in a month or so. Read more
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Wong Kar-Wai's Chungking Express is as fresh as falling rain, a pair of love stories full of pain and humor. Read more
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer: A lyrical and delightfully goofy study in romantic longing. Read more
Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times: I've never been a big fan of technique that calls attention to itself, but Wong's frenetic blend of slow motion, pixilation, rushing backgrounds and frozen foregrounds (or vice versa) is as integral to this movie as its bubbly story and characters. Read more
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine: Wong made Chungking in just 23 days, and the film's mad-dash energy is nicely reflected in his quartet of stars. Wong, himself a star of cinema's future, has already shown that he possesses a uniquely '90s voice, eye and spirit. Read more
Janet Maslin, New York Times: Mr. Wong has legitimate visual flair, but his characters spend an awful lot of time playing impish tricks. A film in which a man talks to his dishtowel has an overdeveloped sense of fun. Read more
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Wong's singular frenetic visual style and his special feeling for lonely romantics may remind you of certain French New Wave directors, but this movie isn't a trip down memory lane; it's a vibrant commentary on young love today, packed with punch. Read more
James Wolcott, New Yorker: The film is so talky, repetitious, visually stuttery, and slackly paced that sitting through it once is like seeing it twice. Read more
Dave Kehr, New York Daily News: Dull it is not, but Wong's trademark sense of romantic melancholy fails to jell amid all the excess. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Once the viewer gets past bouts of confusion (the film demands more than one viewing), the result is a uniquely memorable look at the ties that bind all people. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: This is the kind of movie you'll relate to if you love film itself, rather than its surface aspects such as story and stars. Read more
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: [Wong's] hypnotic images of love and loss finally wear down your resistance as seemingly discordant sights and sounds coalesce into a radiant, crazy quilt. Read more
Gary Kamiya, Salon.com: A frenetic one-way ride through The Land of Vaporous Plot, with stops along the way at Irritatingly Cute Extended Metaphor City. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: More impressive than engaging. Read more