这部作品改编自作家金宇澄的同名小说，原作曾获得茅盾文学奖，讲尽了上海从上世纪六十年代到九十年代以来，属于世俗男女们的细碎生活。王家卫买下小说的影视改编权后，众人对《繁花》的期待更上一层，终于，它在2023年年底，出现在了观众面前。

《繁花》是王家卫所导演的第一部电视剧，剧集汇聚了游本昌、胡歌、马伊琍等一众演员，分为沪语和普通话两个版本，镜头华丽，台词紧凑。

以写实与浪漫兼具的手法细腻描绘90年代上海生动鲜活的市井画卷，表面是饮食男女，内里是山河岁月、时代百态，展现了改革开放初期，上海百姓经历的悲欢离合、勤奋与坚韧、智慧与深情。

王家卫说，《繁花》表面上说的是饮食男女，背后却是山河变换、时代变迁，讲好这个故事是很大的挑战。尤其是剧集中涉及阿宝与众多角色关于利、情、义的往来与羁绊。

影片播出以来，观众也纷纷指出，作为电视界的“顶流男神”，胡歌的演技无可挑剔，但剧中人物出场过于急促，镜头处理过于刻意，带有浓厚的旧社会气息。有网友甚至调侃称《繁花》为“小时代”的九十年代版本，这一切都让观众对这部剧的期待值大打折扣。

王家卫表示：“连续五部戏下来后发现，自己一直在向大家说的，无非就是电影里所表现的一种拒绝，害怕被拒绝，以及拒绝之后的反应，在选择记忆与逃避之间的反应......”

这一次，他是不是又要被观众拒绝了呢？虽然这两天有不少的观众走向了“真香”的行列。只要他不再拒绝自己。那就继续创作一个属于他自己的“繁花”世界。

Blossoms Shanghai, a TV drama directed by the Shanghai-born Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai, has recently debuted. The drama marks the director's maiden attempt at a "small screen" production.

Starring by actors such as Hu Ge and Ma Yili, Blossoms Shanghai was adapted from a Chinese novel penned by Mao Dun Literature Prize winner Jin Yucheng. The 30 episodes of TV drama follows protagonist A Bao's entrepreneurial journey and reveals how the fate of young people in Shanghai have changed in the early 1990s under new opportunities brought in by China's reform and opening-up.

Blossoms Shanghai has been praised by many viewers online as the "most artsy TV show of the year." Aside from receiving praise , Blossoms Shanghai has also received negative reviews. Some viewers said that compare to the original novel, the television version's story is too fragmented. Some story lines have been removed. Some others also criticized Blossoms Shanghai as being too "affectionate" and not as "down to earth" as the original novel.