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Universal acclaim- based on 10 Ratings

  • Starring: Ken Takakura, Kiichi Nakai, Shinobu Terajima
  • Summary: From three-time Academy Award nominated director Zhang Yimou comes a moving story of one man's journey across China's heartland. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 21
  2. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. This is a movie for all cultures and all people, for families and especially for those who have lost them.
  2. 80
    This new picture will reach only a few devoted American spectators. That's too bad, because once you get used to the apparent flatness and emotional reserve of this picture, it's a sad, slyly comic tale of family trauma and reconciliation that packs a wallop.
  3. Turning away from his highly entertaining epics "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers," Zhang Yimou goes for utter simplicity in Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles, a film of much distilled wit and wisdom.
  4. Reviewed by: Ella Taylor
    60
    Slow and pretty and duller than you'd hope for from an art-house sophisticate like Zhang.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. gambo
    10
    Best film I've seen this year. The cinematography is an amazing achievement. The traditions of the picturesque Lijiang created in me a need to learn more about their culture. Ken Takakura stoicism permeates to show the human side that we all hold deer. It's rhythm (slow for most Hollywood goers) kept me interested throughout the film -except when Jang-Jang scapes. Expand
  2. Anonymous
    10
    First hour one wonders how long this movie will be. But, then, masterfully you find yourself absorbed in a poignant, layered film grieving with magnificant actors. Visually impressive. Expand
  3. IanK
    10
    It's heartwarming...
  4. davec
    7
    this movie made me poop a little bit and then eat my poop.

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