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  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • China Lion Film Distribution
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • China Lion Film Distribution
  • 1 h 39 m
Starry Starry Night

Summary Xiao Mei used to live with her grandparents up in the mountains. When she later moves to the city to live with her parents, she finds the place cold and distant as compared to the village she once lived in. She longs for a simple and carefree life, and the experience of lying down on a field at night and looking up to the starry night ab...

Directed By: Tom Lin

Written By: Jimmy Liao, Tom Lin

  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • China Lion Film Distribution
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • China Lion Film Distribution
  • 1 h 39 m

Starry Starry Night

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
71
User Score Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 User Ratings
2.4
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Summary Xiao Mei used to live with her grandparents up in the mountains. When she later moves to the city to live with her parents, she finds the place cold and distant as compared to the village she once lived in. She longs for a simple and carefree life, and the experience of lying down on a field at night and looking up to the starry night ab...

Directed By: Tom Lin

Written By: Jimmy Liao, Tom Lin

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
71
50% Positive
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50% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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90
Jul 5, 2012
Crammed with color and imagination, every one of Jake Pollock's gorgeously photographed images feels timelessly suspended between innocence and awareness.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
80
Jul 5, 2012
All the popcorn movies you're planning to see will still be at the multiplex if you wait another week. This shimmering beauty will be gone in a flash. Catch it while you can.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
75
Jul 2, 2012
A modestly charming bit of whimsy that hopes to speak to anyone who experienced a sense of emotional injustice during their formative years.
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60
Sep 14, 2012
The cumulative effect is more that of a handsomely crafted museum piece than a moving, emotional journey.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
60
Jul 5, 2012
Lin fills in the gaps with some handsome CG-fantasy sequences and a rather obvious central metaphor involving a missing puzzle piece, but he can't make up for the fact that the film wants to say more about the fragility of childhood than it's capable of communicating through its characters and their delicate, perpetually uncertain situations.
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50
Sep 14, 2012
Though rife with clichés, Starry Starry Night has just enough nostalgic melancholy and quiet whimsy to make its coming-of-age narrative and elegy to childhood emotionally and visually compelling.
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 User Ratings
2.4
14% Positive
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14% Mixed
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71% Negative
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 User Ratings
2.4
14% Positive
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14% Mixed
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71% Negative
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Production Company Atom Cinema, Huayi Brothers Media, Tomson International Entertainment Distribution
Release Date Jul 6, 2012
Duration 1 h 39 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://www.facebook.com/starrynightmovie
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Awards

Beijing Student Film Festival
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Golden Horse Film Festival
• 4 Nominations
Taipei Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations

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