Kung Fu Hustle is something you rarely encounter in theaters: a genuinely original comedy.
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The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Reporter
With a delirious mix of the sublime and the silly, Hong Kong comedy king Stephen Chow Sing-chi has taken the kung fu comedy genre to new heights of chop-socky hilarity.
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L.A. WeeklyDavid Chute
L.A. WeeklyDavid Chute
The movie refers glancingly to dozens of Hollywood classics, from "West Side Story" to "City Lights," but at heart it is a debt of honor richly paid by Stephen Chow to his martial-arts forebears and to the traditions that shaped his sensibility. His gong fu is the best.
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Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
All of Kung Fu Hustle is like that: You don't just watch it, you ride with it, laughing all the way.