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49 out of 100

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6.1 out of 10

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  • Starring: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Radha Mitchell, Yun-Fat Chow
  • Summary: Based on real events, The Children of Huang Shi is a sweeping but intimate story set against war-torn China in the 1930's. The film centers on a young English journalist, an American nurse and the leader of a Chinese partisan group who meet in desperate and unexpected circumstances. Together they rescue 60 orphaned children, leading them on an extraordinary journey across hundreds of miles of treacherous terrain, through snow-covered mountains and an unforgiving desert. Along the way they discover the true meaning of love, responsibility and courage. (Sony Picture Classics)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 6 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 22
  3. Negative: 2 out of 22
  1. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    83
    It radiates intelligence. Of how many historical epics can that be said these days?
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Sheri Linden
    60
    Full of incident but nearly devoid of dramatic tension, The Children of Huang Shi is a based-on-fact saga that has lost much of its power on the long road to the screen.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    38
    Beautiful but boring.

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