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Critical Consensus

Dueling Critics
starstarstarstar Kevin Thomas - LA Times
starstarstarstar Jon Popick - @N-Zone
starstarstarstar A.O. Scott - NY Times
starstarstar Walter Addiego - SF Examiner
starstarstar Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
starstarstar Rob Blackwelder - SPLICED Online
starstarstar Michael Wilmington – Chicago Tribune
starstarstar Mark Rahner - Seattle Times
starstarstar Jay Carr - Boston Globe
starstarstar Desson Howe - Washington Post
starstarstar Andy Seiler - USA Today
starstarstar Sean Means - Film.com
starstarstar James Berardinelli - ReelViews
starstar Chris Vognar - Dallas Morning News
starstar Steve Simels - TV Guide

“The hilarious, knockabout Shanghai Noon, Jackie Chan's best American picture to date, breathes fresh life into the virtually dormant comedy-western”

- Kevin Thomas

“[A]n uneasy mix of post-modern, self-referential archness and spaghetti Western bravado that's not likely to please anybody”

- Steve Simels

Shanghai Noon
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Sent to the United States to carry luggage for Chinese Imperial Guards searching for a kidnapped princess (Lucy Alexis Liu), Jackie Chan teams up with an inept train robber (Owen Wilson) to find her first. Brandon Merrill, Rafael Báez, Xander Berkeley, Jason Connery, Walt Goggins, Roger Yuan. Director: Tom Dey (2000, PG-13)
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