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  • Summary: 24 City chronicles the dramatic and thunderous fall of a State-owned munitions factory and its conversion into a luxury high-rise apartment complex. Artfully composed, rich in offbeat details, and punctuated with pop songs, 24 City weaves together the stories of three generations of factory workers (some real, some played by actors) into a fascinating oral history of post-revolutionary China and bracing meditation on the massive physical and psychological changes transforming the country. (The Cinema Guild) … Expand

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  1. Positive: 7 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 11
  3. Negative: 1 out of 11
  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Phillips
    100
    The stories we hear in 24 City belong to its specific place, but they are universal.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Maggie Lee
    60
    The only thing might have added variety and richness to the film would be the inclusion of more dialogues or interactions with more than one person.
  3. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: G. Allen Johnson
    25
    The director's most painfully slow movie yet.

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