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The Grandmaster
2013
· Movie
· 130 min
C
MEANRANK
68/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2700
- IMDb #3267
- Rotten Tomatoes #2578
- Metacritic #1599
- Letterboxd #1914
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2182
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3451
- Metacritic Critics #1177
- Metacritic Audience #2516
- Criticker #1959
- Kinopoisk #3857
- AlloCiné #2637
- Trakt #3624
Every rating
47–86
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 47, highest is Google on 86.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →The story of Ip Man, the martial arts master who would later become Bruce Lee's teacher. The film focuses on his life in Foshan during the 1930s, a period of political turmoil and the Second Sino-Japanese War. It depicts his rivalry and respect with other grandmasters of the era, particularly his complex relationship with a female Gong Er.
Details
- Director
- Wong Kar-Wai
- Writers
- Wong Kar-Wai, Xu Haofeng, Zou Jingzhi
- Released
- 10 January 2013
- Country
- Hong Kong, China, United States
- Language
- Chinese
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $38.6M
- Box office
- $64.1M
- Awards
- 18 wins, 11 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 29 →18 wins from 29 nominations across 25 ceremonies
| Audience Choice Award 2013 | Audience Choice Award | Winner | |
| Best Action Choreography 2013 | Best Action Choreography | Yuen Woo-ping | Nominee |
| Best Actor 2013 | Best Actor | Tony Leung | Nominee |
| Best Actor 2013 | Best Actor | Tony Leung Chiu-wai | Nominee |
| Best Actress 2013 | Best Actress | Zhang Ziyi | Winner |
| Best Art Direction 2013 | Best Art Direction | Nominee | |
| Best Art Direction 2013 | Best Art Direction | William Chang | Winner |
| Best Art Direction 2013 | Best Art Direction | William Chang, Alfred Yau Wai-ming | Winner |
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Best Art Direction
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Art Direction | William Chang | Winner |
| Best Art Direction | William Chang, Alfred Yau Wai-ming | Winner |
| Best Art Direction | Nominee |
Best Cinematography
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Cinematography | Phillipe Le Sourd | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Philippe Le Sourd | Nominee |
Audience Choice Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Audience Choice Award | Winner |
Best Actress
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Zhang Ziyi | Winner |
Best Costume & Make-Up Design
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Costume & Make-Up Design | William Chang | Winner |
Best Film
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Film | Winner |
Best Film Editing
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Film Editing | William Chang, Benjamin Courtines, Poon Hung-yiu | Winner |
Best Makeup and Costume Design
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Makeup and Costume Design | William Chang | Winner |
Best Non-English Language Feature
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Non-English Language Feature | Winner |
Best Original Film Score
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Original Film Score | Shigeru Umebayashi, Nathaniel Méchaly | Winner |
Best Performance by an Actress
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Performance by an Actress | Zhang Ziyi | Winner |
Best Screenplay
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Screenplay | Zou Jingzhi, Xu Haofeng, Wong Kar-wai | Winner |
Best Sound Design
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Sound Design | Robert Mackenzie, Traithep Wongpaiboon | Winner |
Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue & ADR in a Foreign Feature Film
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue & ADR in a Foreign Feature Film | Robert Mackenzie, Traithep Wongpaiboon | Winner |
Best Supporting Actor
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Zhang Jin | Winner |
Best Visual Effect
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Visual Effect | Pierre Buffin | Winner |
Top Foreign Films
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Foreign Films | Winner |
Best Actor
2 nominations
| Best Actor | Tony Leung | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Tony Leung Chiu-wai | Nominee |
Best Action Choreography
1 nomination
| Best Action Choreography | Yuen Woo-ping | Nominee |
Best Costume Design
1 nomination
| Best Costume Design | William Chang | Nominee |
Best Director
1 nomination
| Best Director | Wong Kar-wai | Nominee |
Best Editing
1 nomination
| Best Editing | William Chang | Nominee |
Best Foreign Language Film
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
Best Sound Effect
1 nomination
| Best Sound Effect | Robert Mackenzie and Trithep Wangpaiboon | Nominee |
Best Visual Effects
1 nomination
| Best Visual Effects | Pierre Buffin | Nominee |