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      Motherland

      2011 1h 31m Drama List
      50% 6 Reviews Tomatometer After a long absence abroad, a young Asian American woman, Raffi Tang, is called home when her estranged mother is mysteriously murdered. Raffi becomes increasingly distraught as she struggles with her mother's loss and gets drawn into a web of deception and incompetence. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member An Asian American crime story; I saw this with a couple of German guys in the top floor "culture space" of a gay bar in Beijing. Definitely a student film, but also undeniably creepy. Imagine if Maxine Hong Kingston wrote John Grisham's "The Firm." Even creepier, the director emerged at the end and told us that the script is autobiographical -- her mother really was murdered! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Frank Scheck Hollywood Reporter Motherland doesn't fully succeed on any of its levels. But Doris Yeung's subtle and intelligent debut feature contains enough interesting elements to mark the filmmaker as someone to watch. Sep 28, 2012 Full Review Walter V. Addiego San Francisco Chronicle Yeung tries to mix a whodunit with a story of explosive family dynamics, but the effort succumbs to a weak script and a one-note lead performance. Rated: 2/4 Aug 25, 2011 Full Review Mike Hale New York Times Plays like an artsy short stretched to 93 minutes. Rated: 2.5/5 Mar 18, 2011 Full Review David Noh Film Journal International Besides its requisite thrills, the Asian-American experience has rarely been better captured than in this taut, sensitively drawn murder mystery. Mar 18, 2011 Full Review Prairie Miller WBAI Radio Francoise Yip is stunning and steel-willed as a take charge, not taking no for an answer, tough-talking sleuth. While subverting any vestiges of the meek China Doll mystique, in this too true for comfort crime thriller. Mar 14, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis After a long absence abroad, a young Asian American woman, Raffi Tang, is called home when her estranged mother is mysteriously murdered. Raffi becomes increasingly distraught as she struggles with her mother's loss and gets drawn into a web of deception and incompetence.
      Director
      Doris Yeung
      Producer
      Doris Yeung
      Screenwriter
      Doris Yeung
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Nov 18, 2020
      Runtime
      1h 31m
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