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06/24/06
Second Time Around (2002)
29 %
Reviews Counted: 24 Fresh: 7 Rotten:17 Average Rating: 4.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Synopsis: Ekin Cheng stars in this delirious sci-fi/romance as Ren, who survives a horrible accident only to be sent back in time with a beautiful police officer named Tina. Sent back to alter history by a mysterious stone, this unlikely couple must ascertain their purpose in the past as they come to... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Ekin Cheng, Cecilia Cheung
Director: Jeff Lau
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10/15/02
The low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense, claustrophobic tale of obsessive love.
11/13/01
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03/20/08
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07/21/05
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Vera's three actors -- Mollà, Gil and Bardem -- excel in insightful, empathetic performances.
06/14/02
Spain's greatest star wattage doesn't overcome the tumult of maudlin tragedy.
03/22/02
[Javier Bardem is] one of the few reasons to watch the film, which director Gerardo Vera has drenched in swoony music and fever-pitched melodrama.
03/01/02
Extremely well acted by the four primary actors, this is a seriously intended movie that is not easily forgotten.
02/07/02
Movies like this are selling the old European candor, the old wink of 'bold' revelation. But in 2002, such revelations wilt.
02/01/02
It’s sincere to a fault, but, unfortunately, not very compelling or much fun.
01/10/02
With the film's striking ending, one realizes that we have a long way to go before we fully understand all the sexual permutations involved.
01/03/02
The sort of picture in which, whenever one of the characters has some serious soul searching to do, they go to a picture-perfect beach during sunset.
12/19/01
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Despite some strong performances, never rises above the level of a telanovela.
12/14/01
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