In the Mood for Love (2000)

In the Mood for Love rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb8/10· 185K votes

Rotten Tomatoes92%

Metacritic87%

TMDb8.1/10· 3K votes

With 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 8/10 on IMDb and 87/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About In the Mood for Love

In 1960s Hong Kong, two neighbors form an intimate bond after making a discovery about their spouses in this visually stunning tale of unrequited love.

Cast of In the Mood for Love

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  Maggie Cheung

  as Su Li-zhen

• 

  Tony Leung Chiu-wai

  as Chow Mo-wan

• 

  Siu Ping-Lam

  as Ah Ping

• 

  Rebecca Pan

  as Mrs. Suen

• 

  Kelly Lai Chen

  as Mr. Ho

• 

  Joe Cheung Tung-Cho

  as Man Living in Mr. Koo's Apartment

• C

  Chan Man-Lei

  as Mr. Koo

• 

  Koo Kam-Wah

  as Mrs. Koo

• 

  Mama Hung

  as Amah

• 

  Paulyn Sun

  as Mrs. Chow (voice)

• 

  Roy Cheung Yiu-Yeung

  as Mr. Chan (voice)

• 

  Julien Carbon

  as French Tourist (uncredited)

In the Mood for Love facts

Original title

花樣年華

Budget

$3M

Box office

$15.9M

Our take on In the Mood for Love

Wong Kar-wai's 2000 masterpiece follows two 1960s Hong Kong neighbours who, suspecting their spouses of an affair, drift into an aching, restrained romance of their own. Ravishingly shot and steeped in longing, it's one of cinema's most beautiful films about love unspoken. If its sensuous melancholy moved you, seek out lyrical romantic dramas about desire, restraint and the lives we don't allow ourselves to live.