| Cast |
Yun-Fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang, Chen Chang, Sihung Lung, Pei-pei Cheng, Fazeng Li, Xian Gao, Yan Hai, Deming Wang |
| Director |
Ang Lee |
| Screenplay | Du Lu Wang, Hui-Ling Wang, James Schamus, Kuo Jung Tsai |
| Music | Tan Dun |
| Cinematography | Peter Pau |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2000 |
| Produced by | Asia Union Film & Entertainment Ltd., China Film Co-Production Corporation, Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia, EDKO Film Ltd., Edko Films, Good Machine, Sony Pictures Classics, United China Vision, Zoom Hunt International Productions Company, Ltd. |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Movies for Africa Ian Douglas | 16 |  |
| Cape Argus Derek Wilson | 20 | |
| Cape Argus Adrian Monteath | 10 |  |
| The Cape Times Christopher Rodrigues | 15 | |
| The Star Joanna Rix | 20 | |
| Die Burger Francois Smith | 10 | |
| Sunday Times Barry Ronge | 15 | |
| Rapport Barrie Hough | 20 | |
| Beeld Marius Jooste | 14 | |
| SAfm Screen & Co Alan Swerdlow | 18 | |
| eye Weekly Gemma Files | 20 | |
| Box Office Lael Loewenstein | 15 | |
| Rough Cut Andy Klein | 9 | |
| Film Review Jason Caro | 20 | |
| Uncut Simon Lewis | 20 | |
| Empire Ian Nathan | 20 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 2550 Netizens | 18 | |
Average .. 82% | 16 | |
| Scale (Max) | 20 | |
| Rosemary Bosman | 18 | |
| Marian Visser | 20 | |
| Francois de Kock (29) |  | |
| Louise Greeff (25) | 20 | |
| Janus Rothmann (24) | 18 | |
Average .. 76% | 15 | |