Pavilion of Women

Pavilion of Women

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Yim Ho
Produced by Luo Yan
Screenplay by Luo Yan
Paul Collins
Based on Pavilion of Women 
by Pearl S. Buck
Starring Willem Dafoe
Luo Yan
Sau Sek
John Cho
Yi Ding
Chieng Mun Koh
Music by Conrad Pope
Cinematography Hang-Sang Poon
Edited by Duncan Burns
Claudia Finkle
Production
company
Beijing Film Studio
Distributed by Universal Focus
Release dates
  • May 4, 2001 (2001-05-04)
Running time
126 minutes
Country United States
China
Language English
Budget $5 million[1]
Box office $36,992[2]

Pavilion of Women is a 2001 American drama film directed by Yim Ho and written by Luo Yan and Paul Collins. The film stars Willem Dafoe, Luo Yan, Sau Sek, John Cho, Yi Ding and Chieng Mun Koh. Tne film was released on May 4, 2001, by Universal Focus.[1]

Cast

Reception

Pavilion of Women was met with negative reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a rating of 6% based on reviews from 31 critics, with an average score of 3.1/10. The site's consensus is: "Generating more suds than a soap opera, this adaptation of Pearl Buck's novel sinks under the weight of excess melodrama, stilted performances, and cheesy dialogue."[3] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 top reviews from mainstream critics, calculated a score of 26 out of 100 based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Robert Koehler (2001-05-03). "Pavilion of Women". Variety. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  2. "Pavilion of Women (2001)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  3. "Pavilion of Women (2001)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  4. "Pavilion of Women Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2015-12-29.

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