Children of Huang Shi, The (2008)

Release Date:	May 23, 2008 (Limited)
Genre:	Drama, War
Running Time:	125 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated R for some disturbing and violent content.
Director:	Roger Spottiswoode
Writer:	Jane Hawksley, James MacManus
Cast:	Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Radha Mitchell, Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh

Based on real events, "The Children of Huang Shi" is a sweeping but intimate story set against war-torn China in the 1930's. The film centers on a young English journalist (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), an American nurse (RADHA MITCHELL) and the leader of a Chinese partisan group (Chow Yun-Fat) who meet in desperate and unexpected circumstances. Together they rescue 60 orphaned children, leading them on an extraordinary journey across hundreds of miles of treacherous terrain, through Read more

Movie Review

Grade: C+ Review by Robert Bell (C+)

Going the route of most international productions, The Children of Huang Shi attempts to give narrative gravity and attract North American auds by overshadowing a significant moment in Chinese history with the banal love story of two camera-friendly Caucasians. Like a pimple on otherwise perfect skin, the characters are drawn with single-minded nobility and one unique flaw to make them human. It's a simplistic and not entirely convincing approach to characterization, which detracts from the impact of an otherwise interesting film.

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