Bei yazi de nanhai (Taking Father Home)

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Bei yazi de nanhai (Taking Father Home)

2006

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9 Reviews

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100+ Ratings

Richard Brody

The New Yorker

[It] eludes censorship to tell a story that, though intimate in scope, depicts his rage at the official order on a grand scale.

Apr 14, 2020

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Rarely has a filmmaker done more with less.

Apr 24, 2009

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Matt Noller

Slant Magazine

There's little insight to be found in Ying's presentation of even seemingly helpful citizens as fundamentally cruel and animalistic.

Rated: 2/4

Sep 23, 2008

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David Walsh

World Socialist Web Site

Taking Father Home gives an indication of the harshness of everyday life, of social relations, in the 'new China,' and their impact on a sensitive adolescent.

Feb 14, 2021

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Paints an evocative picture of modern China.

Rated: B+

Sep 14, 2012

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Louis Proyect

rec.arts.movies.reviews

Simply brilliant film-making for less than $5000. For anybody the least bit curious about China today and who has a taste for sophisticated comedy, this is not to be missed.

Sep 20, 2008

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a small quiet movie that is about a 17 yr old boy from the country who goes to the big city 2 find his father who left the family 6 years b4, the ending was a little confusing but it provides a look at the dichotmy in china of rural life vs. city life.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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With Bringing Father Home being such a great movie you forget that it's an amateur film.The boy left the village a kid but came back as a man who wasn't in his right mind & the journey forever changed him

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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This movie is a piece of shit. Don't waste your time.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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interesting shots throughout the movie

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Very good movie about China's poor villagers but with a twist at the end. Very promising director. As tough it's been film in video (in clandestinity), the quality of execution would have fit perfectly with 35 mm.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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it's just a bad imitation of Jia Zhang Ke's style.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Liu Xiaopei

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Jie Wang

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Yun Xu

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