The Children of Huang Shi

  • 2008


MOVIE IS engaging predictable historical cinematic sentimentally
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51 %
30 % Rotten
$ 7 Million
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Positive Reviews 13
Negative reviews 12
Average Rating 2.7/5
engaging predictable historical cinematic sentimentally

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2.0
Its like Schindlers List crossed with The Sound of Music, and Roger Spottiswoode directs it in a stiff, lifeless, utterly dated style of international .. EW
2.5
Nothing so strong it would bother a teenager, who might enjoy this film more than I did. Rogerebert
1.5
Unfortunately, like so many movies that celebrate a historical hero, Children is plagued by an overblown sense of its own importance. Austin Chronicle
1.5
On the witness stand, Gates detailed years of crimes, saying most of his wrongdoing was committed on behalf of his former boss, Paul Manafort, while o ..
1.5
Yet the real test of endurance is on the shoulders of an audience challenged to sit through more than two hours of predictable plot turns and recycled .. Screen Daily
2.0
The real test of endurance is on the shoulders of an audience challenged to sit through more than two hours of predictable plot turns and recycled sen .. Screen Daily
2.5
Unfortunately, like so many movies that celebrate a historical hero, Children is plagued by an overblown sense of its own importance.
2.5
You can be 100 percent in favor of rescuing adorable orphans from war torn zones and still find The Children of Huang Shi a tough haul. San Francisco Chronicle
2.0
The great Chow Yun Fat, however, gives the kind of performance that turns everything inside out: Hes a kind eyed mercenary. gleeful when his explosion .. Ny Daily News
3.0
George Hogg (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is an ambitious young Englishman and Oxford graduate working as a reporter in Shanghai in 1938.Oblivious to the dan .. Spirituality And Practice
3.1
Nevertheless, this formulaic adventure pays tribute to George Hogg, a true hero largely forgotten everywhere but China, where a statue of him now stan .. Tv Guide
3.0
The movie may be a heavy dose of inspirationalism but it never preaches. Cs Monitor
1.9
BEAUTIFUL but boring best sums up The Children of Huang Shi, a melodrama set during Japans invasion of China in the late 1930s. New York Post
4.0
If it doesnt get your heart pounding with the thrill of cinematic discovery, thats OK%u2014old style craftsmanship like this is a heartwarming curio i .. Film Journal International ..
2.5
Despite having a good cast and a good premise, it never moves us like it should. Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
3.1
What becomes a heroic tale the most.A hero with some rough edges, to start. Boston
2.5
Its a pity because the true story is even better than the movie one, and theres no good structural reason why a movie with two male heroes cant work. Smh
1.9
If good intentions produced good movies, The Children of Huang Shi would be a classic. Star Tribune
2.0
Era and its atrocities have been better handled by a series of recent documentaries. Emanuellevy
5.0
The locations are spectacular and dramatic, the insights to China and history fascinating and the end result is thoroughly satisfying.
3.0
Movies offer us wildly divergent stories with vivid, close up emotions, and so did the six fimmakers we invited to take part in the Envelope Directors .. Calendar Live
2.0
For all that, it is an affecting portrait and a strong story with a compelling backdrop, and Chinese cinematographer Xiaoding Zhao (Curse of the Golde .. Seattle Pi
3.5
Can this old fashioned action movie appeal to todays teens who are used to video games and heavy CG enhanced action movies like last years Transformer ..
2.0
The Children of Huang Shi is an old fashioned story of courage and self sacrifice in the face of war and deprivation. Oregon Live
3.0
Though this is surefire material for the heartstrings and for the sentimentally inclined, there are stretches in auteur Tom McCarthys story that defy .. Varia Gate
4.5
Like being ordered to have long hair and smile on stage, but wondering how to smile with a trombone in your mouth.Or repeatedly told youre not good en .. News Blaze
3.0
Hoggs tale allows for plenty of awe inspiring interpersonal breakthroughs, yet Spottiswoode isnt content to leave a layer of subtlety on the proceedin .. Brian Or Ndorf
2.0
If you find something you can do, just do it.It will make a difference. Hollywood Chicago
3.1
That a decent man of any ethnicity would love and guide them through adversity, let alone on a 700 mile trek to freedom, is surely a tale worth tellin .. Chron
3.1
Ready Player One is pleasing pablum, primarily buoyed by its engaging cast. Clclt



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