Lust Caution Review

Wow. This film simply amazed my husband and me.  It is in Shanghainese and Mandarin and subtitled in English. The story is so compelling we forgot that we were even reading the subtitles. The film is rich and smooth in cinematography, no shaky or jumbled scenes. Ang Lee has told the story of WWII Chinese resistance from both sides and made them both absolutely believable and sympathetic.

Ultimately, though, the movie is psychological drama and we are caught up in the web of passion and bold circumstances.  Some scenes are very graphic portrayals of sex, but they are never gratuitous and absolutely necessary to the story. Without them the surprising ending of the film would make no sense.