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Green Dragon (2002)
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Reviews Counted:28
Fresh:17
Rotten:11
Average Rating:5.9/10
Theatrical Release:May 1, 2002 Limited
Synopsis: GREEN DRAGON takes place during the close of the Vietnam War, at Camp Pendleton, a US military base in California that was a temporary home to thousands of South Vietnamese refugees. Patrick Swayze... [More]
Starring: Don Duong, Patrick Swayze, Forest Whitaker, Kieu Chinh
Director: Timothy Linh Bui
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Reviews for Green Dragon
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Revisiting the painful aftermath of Vietnam from the perspective of American-bound refugees, Timothy's film is an honorable if not great companion piece to his brother Tony's Three Seasons; both films played at the Sundance Festival dramatic competition Full Review |
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4/5 |
One of the best films of Swayze's Career....Not to be missed
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4/5 |
I've yet to find an actual Vietnam War combat movie actually produced by either the North or South Vietnamese, but at least now we've got something pretty damn close. Full Review |
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The film's bathos often overwhelms what could have been a more multifaceted look at this interesting time and place. Full Review |
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An honest, sensitive story from a Vietnamese point of view. Full Review |
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C+ |
Earnest, unsubtle and Hollywood-predictable, Green Dragon is still a deeply moving effort to put a human face on the travail of thousands of Vietnamese. Full Review |
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An inspiring and heart-affecting film about the desperate attempts of Vietnamese refugees living in U.S. relocation camps to keep their hopes alive in 1975. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
Flawed but worthy look at life in U.S. relocation camps. Full Review |
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2/4 |
Just when the movie seems confident enough to handle subtlety, it dives into soapy bathos. Full Review |
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Plays as hollow catharsis, with lots of tears but very little in the way of insights. Full Review |
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3/4 |
A lyrical, bittersweet film about what could be termed a by-product of battle. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Drives for the same kind of bittersweet, conciliatory tone that Three Seasons achieved but loses its way in rhetorical excess and blatant sentimentality. Full Review |
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The images are usually abbreviated in favor of mushy obviousness and telegraphed pathos, particularly where Whitaker's misfit artist is concerned. Full Review |
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[A] strong and touching film. Full Review |
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A deeply felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world. Full Review |
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