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The Children of Huang Shi(黃石的孩子)

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Australia, China, Germany · 2008
Rated R · 2h 5m
Director Roger Spottiswoode
Starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Radha Mitchell, Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh
Genre Drama, War

About young British journalist, George Hogg, who with the assistance of a courageous Australian nurse, saves a group of orphaned children during the Japanese occupation of China in 1937.

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Village Voice by

A tale as ploddingly familiar as it is good-looking and worth telling.

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USA Today by Claudia Puig

Sometimes the most compelling real-life stories make better documentaries than dramas. Such would seem to be the case with The Children of Huang Shi.

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The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis

Roger Spottiswoode directs with old-fashioned style, avoiding the saccharine with realistic depictions of a war-ravaged China (where he filmed) and a cast well versed in stiff-upper-lip.

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New York Daily News by Joe Neumaier

Never achieves the David Lean style of epic it aims for - exterior vistas and interior dramas - but it has two charismatic performances, beautiful Chinese locations and an admirable lack of sentimentality.

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TV Guide Magazine by Ken Fox

This formulaic adventure pays tribute to George Hogg, a true hero largely forgotten everywhere but China, where a statue of him now stands -- a rare honor for a westerner.

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Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman

It's like "Schindler's List" crossed with "The Sound of Music," and Roger Spottiswoode directs it in a stiff, lifeless, utterly dated style of international squareness.

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Variety by Robert Koehler

Giving Jonathan Rhys Meyers the kind of manly yet paternal role Spencer Tracy once mastered, this carefully wrought international production relates the basic story of reporter George Hogg without any vibrancy, emotion or style.

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The A.V. Club by Tasha Robinson

It's a polished, beautifully shot story, and it acknowledges the messiness of real life. But like real life, it's often baffling and frustrating.

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