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Intimate in focus yet epic in size and scope, So Long, My Son sets a heartbreaking saga of family tragedy against the changing face of modern China.
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Magnificent film-making. December 9, 2019 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
Magnificent film-making.
Kevin Maher
So Long, My Son is a piercingly, profoundly moving picture that peels and exposes the senses. December 4, 2019 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
So Long, My Son is a piercingly, profoundly moving picture that peels and exposes the senses.
Peter Bradshaw
A lingering, heart-breaking epic of great subtlety, specificity and ultimately universal power. December 3, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
A lingering, heart-breaking epic of great subtlety, specificity and ultimately universal power.
Josh Slater-Williams
The film finds, then repeatedly breaks, your heart, before a subtly momentous finale... February 14, 2019 | Full Review…
The film finds, then repeatedly breaks, your heart, before a subtly momentous finale...
Jessica Kiang
The story is an intimate one, yet it embraces a large cast of characters who reflect the immense changes that have swept China over the last fifty years. February 14, 2019 | Full Review…
The story is an intimate one, yet it embraces a large cast of characters who reflect the immense changes that have swept China over the last fifty years.
Deborah Young
At just over three hours long, some may be worried that Wang Xiaoshuai's first fiction film in five years will last almost as long as that, but it's a rare case of an epic drama justifying its lengthy runtime. February 6, 2020 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…
At just over three hours long, some may be worried that Wang Xiaoshuai's first fiction film in five years will last almost as long as that, but it's a rare case of an epic drama justifying its lengthy runtime.
Steven Sheehan
"So Long, My Son" offers a humanistic look at China in the wake of Reform and Opening...It's a winning formula for anyone who's into East Asian art cinema or modern Chinese history. December 17, 2019 | Full Review…
"So Long, My Son" offers a humanistic look at China in the wake of Reform and Opening...It's a winning formula for anyone who's into East Asian art cinema or modern Chinese history.
Anthony Kao
Several of the plot twists might sit easy in a racy soap opera, but that powers the grandly-scaled film along. December 11, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Several of the plot twists might sit easy in a racy soap opera, but that powers the grandly-scaled film along.
Tara Brady
Its fancy plotting, leaping back and forth in time, is sometimes too forced, but the performances by Wang Jingchun and Yong Mei are heart-rending. December 9, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Its fancy plotting, leaping back and forth in time, is sometimes too forced, but the performances by Wang Jingchun and Yong Mei are heart-rending.
Edward Porter
It's a masterful social epic. December 9, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
It's a masterful social epic.
Nick Hasted
Filmed with grace and reserve, So Long, My Son follows the couples through the hard years... and speaks to the remarkable resilience of ordinary Chinese people in the face of a cold and monolithic state. December 9, 2019 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
Filmed with grace and reserve, So Long, My Son follows the couples through the hard years... and speaks to the remarkable resilience of ordinary Chinese people in the face of a cold and monolithic state.
Paul Whitington
It's a gorgeous, melancholy masterpiece. December 8, 2019 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
It's a gorgeous, melancholy masterpiece.
Wendy Ide
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