The Chinese Widow (2017)

烽火芳菲 ‧ Movie ‧ 2017

Buy on Amazon

7.2

Your Rating: 0/10

Ratings: 7.2/10 from 177 users

# of Watchers: 551

Reviews: 2 users

Edit Translation

Português (Portugal)
magyar / magyar nyelv
dansk
Norsk

Native Title: 烽火芳菲
Also Known As: Feng Huo Fang Fei , In Harm's Way , Rescuing Flying Tiger , The Hidden Soldier , 中国寡妇 , 营救飞虎队
Genres: Action, Historical, Romance, War
Tags: Interracial Relationship, Morte De Uma Esposa, Viúvo Como Protagonista Masculino, Ficção Histórica, Segunda Guerra Mundial, Relação Mãe-filha, Morte (Vote tags)

Country: China
Type: Movie
Release Date: Nov 10, 2017
Duration: 1 hr. 36 min.
Score: 7.2 (scored by 177 users)
Ranked: #9691
Popularity: #15260
Content Rating: Not Yet Rated
Watchers: 551
Favorites: 0

Cast & Credits

Add Cast

Crystal Liu
Ying Zi
Main Role
Emile Hirsch
Jack Turner [Flying Tigers mission]
Main Role
Yu Shao Qun
Mr. Jun [Teacher]
Main Role
Yan Yi Kuan
Kai [Village head]
Support Role
Tsukagoshi Hirotaka
Colonel Shimamoto
Support Role
Gallen Lo
Captain Xu [Kuomintang officer]
Support Role

View all (11)

Photos

View all (10)

The Chinese Widow Chinese Movie(2017) photo

Reviews

Write Review

Completed

PHope

2 people found this review helpful

Other reviews by this user

Oct 19, 2018

Completed 0

Overall 5.0

Story 5.5

Acting/Cast 5.5

Music 4.0

Rewatch Value 4.0

The chinese widow seems like a promising movie. At first, the acting isn't that good and the CGI are awful but bareable. The scenes at the Chinese country side and the leading lady's life was interesting and eye catching. However, the story isn't as good as it should have been. Or, at least, the movie didn't excecute it well enough. The romance was quick and the ending even quicker. Actually, the ending was really bad. At least, some of the performances were good, but not all of them. So, 5 out of 10, because it was watchable but not as good as it should have been.

Was this review helpful to you?

Completed

Senwai

0 people found this review helpful

Other reviews by this user

Nov 15, 2022

Completed 0

Overall 5.5

Story 5.0

Acting/Cast 6.0

Music 5.0

Rewatch Value 4.0

Bille August is definitely a better director of a more intimate genre, and he confirms it in this case as well. All "action" scenes stink of cheap production, tricks are more than transparent. Especially at the beginning it looks terrible, during the bombing of Tokyo, I wanted to give up right away. After about 20 minutes, the "CGI mess" disappears and it moves towards a sad story about the Japanese occupation of China. Where the local people suffer. The plot revolves around two strangers who found their way to each other despite the adversity of fate. The depiction of the Chinese village and its customs are among the better, but that's not enough.

Was this review helpful to you?