Wi-heom-han gyan-gye 2012

Manohla Dargis, New York Times: Schadenfreude carries a delectable tang no matter the language, and as the history of Hollywood shows, stories about pretty people behaving badly remain reliably alluring. Read more

Scott Tobias, AV Club: It's all just window-dressing: pretty, but substance-free. Read more

Stephen Dalton, Hollywood Reporter: An interesting twist on a classic plot, Dangerous Liaisons is essentially a deluxe soap opera. But with its beautiful cast and gorgeous production design, it is still a highly enjoyable way to waste two hours. Read more

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: Zhang, expertly conveying someone closed off yet silently sensual, even rolls out a tear during a moment of impending intimacy as exquisitely timed as a dancer's move. Read more

Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic: They have made the film function successfully almost as well as in the original setting. Read more

Mark Jenkins, NPR: This is a relatively shallow entertainment, but its glossy surfaces certainly are, well, seductive. Read more

G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle: Takes Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' 18th century source material to its most sumptuous silliness - I mean that as a compliment. Read more

Kate Taylor, Globe and Mail: Much of the cynicism, and thus the fun, of its many Western predecessors goes missing. Read more

Bruce Demara, Toronto Star: [A] lusty and sumptuous retelling of the classic pre-French Revolution novel, Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Read more

David Fear, Time Out: Revenge may be a dish best served cold, as the novel suggested, but steamy adaptations simply can't be doled out lukewarm. Read more

Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice: The least one should hope for from another adaptation of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos's Dangerous Liaisons is savory, salacious trash ... Read more