This is a beautiful, artful film that will move everybody, but unfortunately it uses every single possible trick to be a tearjerker for the average movie-goer. The music is fine, the acting also, no need to mention that the prodigy boy is especially skillful, but the father needs to be praised also. It is a shame that the director Chen Kaige misses the opportunity to turn the movie into a real film by using all kinds of cliches and escaping into the trap of predictability. Everyone who had once argued with their father and still has an issue is sure to cry at the end of the film. All in all, tasty, but not new.
Review of He ni zai yi qi
