Wonderfully shot in an oh-so-bright colour scheme and laced with a delightful sense of humour, the tale of gunslinger Dum and his childhood sweetheart Rumpoey is a joy.
Comment
12/30/06
Tears of the Black Tiger (2000)
76 %
Reviews Counted: 58 Fresh: 44 Rotten:14 Average Rating: 6.6/10
Consensus:
With a vibrant pastel color scheme and stylized action sequences, Tears of the Black Tiger is a bizarre, yet thoroughly entertaining Thai western.
Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins
Synopsis: TEARS OF THE BLACK TIGER takes a journey back to a lost past – the heroic years of Thai genre cinema, when influences from Hollywood and everywhere else were subsumed into rollicking Thai melodramas for an audience of avid fans. Sasanatieng's film is a brilliant pastiche of vanished themes,... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Chartchai Ngamsan, Stella Malucchi, Suppakorn Kitsuwan, Arawat Ruangvuth, Sombati Medhanee
Reviews
Top Critic
Wisit's amazing film goes so far beyond kitsch that it enters Powell and Pressburger territory.
06/24/06
Top Critic
An oddity, all right: you may find it of interest once. I doubt if you'll want to see its like again.
12/15/03
Colourful, violent and extremely bizarre Thai western that’s unlike anything you’ve ever seen before.
10/30/02
Whether this period setting carries any significance would require more contextualisation than I can offer.
03/03/02
All in all a thoroughly enjoyable romp with echoes of familiarity ... and yet unlike anything you've ever seen or are likely to see again.
12/10/01
A deliberately laboured plot is offset by some fascinating action sequences.
09/04/01
Top Critic
It's got a weird charm, but it needs a loudly enthusiastic audience to keep it galloping along.
08/27/01
Top Critic
If the story were as captivating as the color palette, we'd all be crying tears for the Black Tiger.
11/04/07
Tears of the Black Tiger ultimately works best as an exercise in cinematic style, making it not only a quirky little nostalgia trip but a noteworthy cult flick worth checking out.
06/25/07
Has lots of pop energy and an admirable poker-face when it comes to its Douglas Sirk-ian storyline. And even though it's essentially a Frankenstein's monster stitched together from a zillion other movies, you really haven't seen anything like it.
04/26/07
Tears of the Black Tiger is like a fever dream dripping with overripe romantic melodrama. Imagine Douglas Sirk directing a spaghetti western.
04/21/07
The movie is a riot of tropical turquoise, magenta and pink, spiced with marigold, red and green. You'd swear it was drenched in a tangy tamarind sauce
03/30/07
Delirious and oddball at once, it's like a plate of meringues -- delicious at first, but soon everything tastes the same, and after a while you get sick.
03/17/07
Camp out with Tears, a hoot, and your tent will be wet only from tears of laughter.
03/16/07
The movie is a long time coming, but the wait for the self-absorbed film to end seems even longer. Maybe the Black Tiger's tears are of frustration.
03/14/07
You've never seen and never will see anything quite like Tears of the Black Tiger.
03/08/07
The early scenes are interesting and enjoyable. And then the novelty wears off, but the film doesn’t end.
03/05/07
Related Forums
Wisit Sasanatieng’s TEARS OF THE BLACK TIGER gets a USA release on Jan. 12, 2007!!!
by: REEL_REVIEWER 1/24/07
by: REEL_REVIEWER 1/24/07
Wisit Sasanatieng’s TEARS OF THE BLACK TIGER gets a USA release on Jan. 12, 2007!!!
by: REEL_REVIEWER 1/24/07
by: REEL_REVIEWER 1/24/07
Wisit Sasanatieng’s TEARS OF THE BLACK TIGER gets a USA release on Jan. 12, 2007!!!
by: REEL_REVIEWER 1/24/07
by: REEL_REVIEWER 1/24/07
Wisit Sasanatieng’s TEARS OF THE BLACK TIGER gets a USA release on Jan. 12, 2007!!!
by: REEL_REVIEWER 1/24/07
by: REEL_REVIEWER 1/24/07
Pictures
Trailers & Clips
The Police Are Attacking
Watch Now >>
Watch Now >>
News
Critical Consensus: "Invisibles" Lacks Focus; "Stomp" Comes Up Short; "Curse" Is A Mixed Blessing; "Dog" Has Bite; "Primeval" Not Screened
posted by RT Staff January 11, 2007
This week at the movies, we've got a kid who ventures into a magical world ("Arthur and the Invisibles," with...
posted by RT Staff January 11, 2007
This week at the movies, we've got a kid who ventures into a magical world ("Arthur and the Invisibles," with...
Around the Network
• Tears of the Black Tiger at Rotten Tomatoes
• Tears of the Black Tiger at IGN
• Tears of the Black Tiger at AskMen
• Tears of the Black Tiger at IGN
• Tears of the Black Tiger at AskMen
IGN RSS Feeds