MamaGravity good back-story, and good acting

Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

Edwin The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

poe-48833 COMING HOME is the kind of low key but decidedly Dramatic story you just don't see in American movies (and never HAVE, to be frank): it's uncompromising, with the kind of twist that only makes a bad situation worse still. (ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, one of this nation's better attempts at delving into the issue(s) of Mental Health, doesn't BEGIN to get to the core of the matter the way COMING HOME does; Zhang's movie is by far the more eloquent.) Foreign films have always dealt with Real Life problems in a much more Adult fashion than American movies, and the final shot of COMING HOME speaks (volumes) for itself.

nshowalter The story seems simple. A professor imprisoned during the Cultural Revolution escapes briefly and tries unsuccessfully to see his wife. After the Cultural Revolution he returns to find that his wife doesn't remember him, confusing him with the party official who abused her. Every month on the 5th she goes to the train station awaiting her husband's promised arrival.Is there a parable here about China's wrestling, not only with the meaning of the Cultural Revolution, but also with the tragedy of June 4? She wants to regain the trust of her people, but is haunted by events in the past that are officially forgotten, but continue to bedevil efforts to build an open and trusting relationship between the party and the people. Can there be redemption and healing on the 5th?

manuelteixeiraa Zhang yimou done it again. And Gong Li is more than ever - one of her best roles...i'm always hoping that she does more movies. And when Yimou and Gong Li work together it always comes an amazing movie. I wish they could go on professionaly together."Coming Home": It is a simple story, yet with powerful meanings. Everything is beautiful: the performances, the direction, the photography, the music... And that piano scene... Achingly. Every yimou's movies has such sensibility. He really knows how to touch.Thank you Gong Li and Zhang Yimou.An applause too for the male actor and the girl who played the daughter - hope she will get a great career.

Qrobur During the Chinese Cultural Revolution Lu is incarcerated far from his wife Yu and daughter Dandan. He escapes briefly to find the former is frightened but devoted, the latter hostile to him.At the end of the Cultural Revolution Lu is rehabilitated and sent home, only to find that his wife is suffering from a catastrophic condition that means she cannot remember him. The film centres on Lu and his now reconciled daughter's efforts to restore her memory and their family life. Slow-paced, beautifully shot and bittersweet, the story is unravelled and revealed in a thoughtful and moving manner.