The Children of Huang Shi
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- Synopsis
- As China is ravaged by war in the late '30s, a young English journalist named George Hogg (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) leads 60 orphans over the Liu Pan Shan mountains and into the safety of the Mongolian desert....
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- Director(s)
- Roger Spottiswoode
- Distributor(s)
- Sony Classics
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 114 min.
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The Onion (A.V. Club) | Tasha RobinsonAdd Critic to Favorites
It's a polished, beautifully shot story, and it acknowledges the messiness of real life. But like real life, it's often baffling and frustrating.Read the full review
Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
Tells an engrossing story of a remarkable man, but nevertheless it's underwhelming. Dramatic and romantic tension never coil very tightly, as the film settles into a contented pace.Read the full review
Boston Globe | Sandy MacDonaldAdd Critic to Favorites
What ought to be the pinnacle of the story - the orphans' odds-defying 500-mile march over snow-covered mountains toward the relative safety of the Mongolian desert - is shunted toward the end of the film and compressed to a near-footnote.Read the full review
