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Generally favorable reviews- based on 17 Ratings

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  1. snow_walker
    Jan 17, 2011
    9
    This film is a wonderfully paced and visually stunning portrait of a cultural phenomenon - economic migration within China. The struggle of one family is shown rather than explained, with snippets of conversation as a chorus to the imagery. A sensory treat.
  2. camelion
    Jan 25, 2011
    10
    Lixin Fan's film retains an extraordinary relationship with it's direct subjects; a struggling family, and the tensions of some 130 million other peasants toiling in similar fashion, trying to make a living in the enormous industrial complex that is modern China. Juxtaposing the intimate, enchanting portrait of the Zhang family with the action footage of them lost in the utterly insane annual event that constitutes 'goin home for the holidays in China was a masterstroke. This, thankfully, is one of those documentary films that never feels like it intrudes, so much so that a sense of voyeurism crept up on me. I found the cinematography so fluid and captivating that the solitary occasion wherein the tension of a cameras glaring presence is brought to bare became an unforgettable scene of wrought emotion. I actually had to press pause. This film is a real achievement in Cinéma vérité, from a special artist, and an important one too.… Expand
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86 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 18 Critics

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  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Leslie Felperin
    70
    The picture laudably adopts an intimate, personal approach to a subject -- hardworking Chinese garment workers -- that's been covered in more hectoring fashion elsewhere.
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  2. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    75
    A startling look at the devastating human cost of China's newfound embrace of capitalism.
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  3. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Andrea Gronvall
    80
    Disappointment, inhuman work schedules, sluggish exports, and the crush of a two-day rail journey ratchet up the familial tensions, which finally explode over a holiday dinner.
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