Mulberry Child (2012)
Average Rating: 6/10
Reviews Counted: 6
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 4
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Critic Reviews: 4
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 3
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Seeking a better life for herself and her daughter, Lisa, Jian Ping left China in 1986 to pursue graduate studies in the U.S. She left behind her parents, former senior government officials, but not the memory of their shattered lives. Jian's daughter, Lisa, joined her in Queens, New York when the girl was four-and-a-half. They moved to Chicago, where Jian joined corporate America, eventually becoming the national director of Tsingtao Beer. Lisa's childhood was the reverse of her mother's,
Sep 7, 2012 Limited
Independent Pictures
- Official Site
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All Critics (6) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (4)
Moving between a present-day mother-daughter clash of values and a personal history of life under Mao's regime, her docudrama is an awkward mix.
Top CriticThe film's subject matter is epochal, its delivery less so.
[Its] poignancy is lessened by its awkward formal devices.
There's a universal story here about immigrant parents and children, and how American culture can swamp family traditions, and make parents and children culturally unrecognizable to one another.
Sporadically intriguing and poignant, yet meandering and incomplete. It caters more to the heart than to the mind.
This documentary about a Chinese mother-daughter relationship veers uncertainly from family drama to an overall survey of Communism's rise and devastating human effect.
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