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Blind Mountain

Mixed or average reviews
Based on 11 critic reviews
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Based on 2 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama
Written by: Li Yang
Directed by: Li Yang
Release Date:
Theatrical: March 12, 2008
DVD: January 6, 2009
Running Time: 95 minutes, Color
Origin: China
Language(s): Mandarin
Summary
RATING: Not Rated
Starring Huang Lu, Yang You'an, Zhang Yuling, Yunle He, Jia Yinggao, and Zhang Youping
Bax Xuemei is a young college graduate who yearns for a life as a budding urban capitalist but ends up drugged and sold as the bride of a rural brute. Beaten and raped by her new husband with the help of his parents, she tries desperately to escape but is trapped both by the closed culture and by the very remote location of the village. Unlike other kidnapped brides, she refuses to accept her fate even when she becomes pregnant, but her repeated escape attempts lead only to continuing brutality and betrayal. (Kino International)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
TV Guide Ken Fox
Twenty years ago, Li's film might have served as a warning; today, it rues a dehumanizing economic system run rampant that leaves one sad slave wife to muse, "It's easy to die. It's living that's hard."
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
This is a resolutely tough-minded, beautifully crafted film so compelling as to make bearable watching the nearly unbearable.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Tasha Robinson
Li’s story is lean and economical, but deeply harrowing, as Xuemei--sympathetically played by debuting performer Huang Lu, the only classically trained actor in a cast of non-professionals--clings to her courage and tries again and again to escape.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Walter Addiego
A potent drama from Yang Li, one of China's Sixth Generation filmmakers noted for the stark realism and documentary feeling of their work.
Read Full Review >New York Post V.A. Musetto
A stinging and frightening indictment of mainland China.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Ray Bennett
The film's economical style, vivid cinematography and tremendous acting should attract audiences far and wide.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Manohla Dargis
Blind Mountain is a reminder that art sometimes keeps the truth alive far better than the news.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Noel Murray
Blind Mountain would be better-served by more touches of universality, as in the scene where a neighbor woman comforts Huang by saying, "All women go through this." That scene flirts with metaphor. The rest of the film too often descends into harangue.
Read Full Review >Variety Derek Elley
Low on drama and originality, and high on deja vu, sophomore outing by writer-director Li Yang ("Blind Shaft," 2003).
Read Full Review >Village Voice J. Hoberman
Blind Mountain forces its way through numerous illogicalities and several plot lapses to a violently abrupt ending.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Andrea Gronvall
The movie not only indicts the country's embrace of capitalism by showing how low people will sink to make money, it also denigrates the agrarian class--once celebrated as heroic under Mao--by portraying its members as illiterate barbarians concerned only with continuing their family lines.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 8.5 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Galen F. gave it an8:
Do not use my name, first or last. Utterly real. Hard to forget.
Mike T gave it a9:
An extremely well-made film, at once tense, invigorating, and deeply depressing.
