Picks and Pans Review: Now Playing

By Leah Rozen

UPDATED 02/05/2001 at 01:00 AM EST • Originally published 02/05/2001 at 01:00 AM EST

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Pure magic, even if it's in Mandarin with subtitles. Trust us and go. (PG-13)

Miss Congeniality Sandra Bullock gets laughs as an FBI agent who goes undercover at a beauty pageant. (PG-13)

The Pledge Intriguing, ambiguous suspense thriller stars Jack Nicholson as a retired homicide detective who obsessively pursues a case. (R)

Traffic Superior acting and storytelling make this contemporary drug-trade drama a must-see. (R)