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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for some disturbing situations, nudity and language
Starring Patrick Swayze, Forest Whitaker, Don Duong, Hiep Thi Le, Trung Hieu Nguyen, Kathleen Luong, Kieu Chinh, and Billinjer C. Tran
Focusing on a young brother and sister, this is a story of the first wave of Vietnamese refugees who were housed in camps across the southwestern deserts of the United States in 1975.
| GENRE(S): | Drama |
| WRITTEN BY: |
Timothy Linh Bui (also story)
Tony Bui (story) |
| DIRECTED BY: | Timothy Linh Bui |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: September 10, 2002 Video: September 10, 2002 Theatrical: May 1, 2001 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 115 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | USA |
| LANGUAGE(S): | English / Vietnamese (with English subtitles) |
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The average user rating for this movie is 4.6 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
V Y gave it an8:
Subtly is the key! Instead of beating us over the head with details enough is said to trigger the imagination and emotion in this lovely story about a period history that is often glossed over. A great way trigger discussion and empathy.
Cris W. gave it a 1:
I kept asking myself while watching this movie, "Why am I watching this?" At the end, I still couldn't answer this question. I felt like I was visiting someone else's dream. The movie was like a dream in that it jumped all over the place... many different songs being sung at the same time, but never in harmony. As a major film release, this movie fails. As a living room story sharing session, it survives; only because then you would have the story teller telling you what this movie does not.
Chad S. gave it a 5:
Perhaps something is lost in the translation because the subtitled dialogue is perfunctory and cliched. This artifice prevents us from feeling the daunting challenges these Vietnamese refugees must've faced. Our sympathy is inherent before the lights go down. The anguish of being uprooted goes largely uncaptured. "Green Dragon" disappoints because the likelihood of this story being mounted for the big screen again is highly unlikely. An adequate document would've been welcome.
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