Stolen Life

2005

1h 35m

Drama

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80%

5 Reviews

Tomatometer

79%

500+ Ratings

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A college student (Zhou Xun) falls for a manipulative trucker (Wu Jun) who turns her life upside down.

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A melodrama with Chinese sentiment. I felt it was unfeasible. Saw it on TCM.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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vin w

Yeah, this movie was lame.Way overrated by the critics by the way.The movie is a bore.It's melodrama but,not the enjoyable type.The movie telegraphs every point it wants to make and then hammers it home just in case you weren't paying attention.Overwrought and overblown to say the least.It reminded me of a typical Lifetime flick.That bad.Zhou Xun is fine but Jun Wu did little but slouch and smoke cigarettes the entire movie.Still this is some people's idea of fun i suppose...

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/04/20

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Audience Member

one of the deepest lessons ive learned from a movie

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Audience Member

very sad story. almost felt similar to lilja 4-ever. the end felt rushed but overall great and the acting was excellent.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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This movie was brilliant ! I had it in my que on Netflix and had bypassed it a few times ... I am usually drawn to foreign films and this was more then I expected ! I definitely have to add this lil gem to my collection of films. If I had to grade this movie it gets an A I LOVE IT AND WILL WATCH IT AGAIN TONIGHT!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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This movie shows us the life of peasant people in a Chinese city but it could happen in any other city's poor and underground neighborhood. The story is narrated by Yanni who is a girl that was raised by her grandmother and her aunt in an extreme affection-less world that shaped her low self-stime. Finally, she had the chance for a new life, and she went to college but since the first day she gets involved with a stranger, Muyu, who seems to care about her but he doesn't care about his wife and child. So, he abandons them to be with Yanni who is pregnant. Worth watching!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Li Shaohong

Director

Xun Zhou

Yan'ni

Wu Jun

Muyu

Liao Yimei

Writer

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Janice Page

Boston Globe

This one hits home in places, but overall it begs for a lighter touch.

Mar 24, 2006

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Kelly Vance

East Bay Express

For all its rough immediacy and cool tone, Stolen Life is nothing more or less than an old-fashioned class-antagonism melodrama.

May 5, 2010

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Don Willmott

Filmcritic.com

Powerful stuff.

Rated: 3.5/5

Sep 9, 2007

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Prairie Miller

Long Island Press

The filmmaker takes stock with brutal candor of the traumatic turn of events in new market economy China, as the national social support system in place is increasingly dismantled for the sake of foreign greed and profit.

Jul 4, 2007

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

It's to director Li's credit that she tells the story as plainly and unobtrusively as possible.

Rated: 2.5/4

Sep 22, 2006

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Synopsis

A college student (Zhou Xun) falls for a manipulative trucker (Wu Jun) who turns her life upside down.

Director: Li Shaohong
Screenwriter: Liao Yimei
Production Co: Arc Light Films
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 15, 2016
Runtime: 1h 35m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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