Little Big Women

2020

2 hr. 3 min.

Drama

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Family members grapple with the passing of their estranged father and the remnants of the life he led during his absence.

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You get to see into a window of the lives of the people who live in the southern part of Taiwan. Beautiful, tearful.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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Audience Member

The New York Times reviewer, Mrs. Natalia Winkelman, simply misjudged this movie. Many conversations and lines in this movie, which were spoken in Taiwanese, cannot be translated into English without losing their meaning. The issues that this movie reflects are rather common in Taiwanese society and Asian culture. Women are taking on a lot of responsibilities and young women are also enduring pressure and expectations from their parents. Growing up in the western world did not give Mrs. Winkelman the perspective to discern these issues in the Asian communities. Not every movie needs to have a dynamic twist. It's time to broaden your horizon beyond Beverly Hill in Hollywood.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Very good film. The cinematography are very poetics, no need a dialogue when the acting and cinematography that good.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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david k

It was interesting to get to see the culture of Taiwan more closely, but the intertwining plots did not turn out to be worth watching.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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This was a very moving film to me. Didn't know what to expect going in, but was pleasantly surprised. It was good to see a film with a human heart about a family of women with a misunderstood mother. For the NY Times critic, who said it was tedious, what a bitter biddy. She must not get out of her own narrow shell of privilege much. It's a good thing I don't like movie critics. The characters were very relatable; it was heartening to see sisters who get along and don't fight with each other over petty grievances. The ending of the film had me tears. Kudos to the filmmakers for a very human portrayal of a family trying make sense of their own lives and moving on from the past.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Joseph Chen-Chieh Hsu

Director

Shu-fang Chen

Actor

Ying-Hsuan Hsieh

Actor

Vivian Hsu

Actor

Ke-Fang Sun

Actor

Han Chang

Actor

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Natalia Winkelman

New York Times

By the time it is over, "Little Big Women" has lost any sense of restorative power - all that registers is tedium.

Feb 5, 2021

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Barbara Shulgasser

Common Sense Media

Poignant, complex family drama has mature themes.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 19, 2021

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Roger Moore

Movie Nation

A perfectly watchable genre melodrama, an old-fashioned "women's picture," with sentiment, intricate relationships, intrigue and not-too-heavy-to-take heartbreak.

Rated: 2.5/4

Feb 16, 2021

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Synopsis

Family members grapple with the passing of their estranged father and the remnants of the life he led during his absence.

Director: Joseph Chen-Chieh Hsu
Executive Producer: Vivian Hsu, Ching-Sung Liao
Screenwriter: Joseph Chen-Chieh Hsu
Production Co: Each Other Films
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 5, 2021

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