Acting is good, production values are high and the kids are cute. The movie is well made and there is some genuine drama too despite the subtle Chinese (communist government) propaganda. The movie shows - and I suspect it was the real intention of the film makers - how China has grown over the years, how small villages are now transformed into modern towns and cities, how big department stores are built in previously impoverished neighborhoods, how a villager can start a successful business in modern China, how great the Chinese army is etc. I am not familiar with the Chinese culture but it seems the husband's family/mother has more say in the affairs of a child than the child's own mother and makes you wonder if all Chinese women of the past generation are unreasonably stubborn. Overall, it is just not a bad movie that doesn't always hold your attention.
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