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Mike Hale, New York Times: The film may be a blunt instrument, but it's rarely maudlin -- the exception being the performance of Mr. Feng's wife, Fan Xu, as the long-suffering mother -- and is, on occasion, quite moving. Read more
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: [An] involving, well-acted saga of a family torn apart by a devastating earthquake... Read more