China
Epic historical drama set in the time of the boxer rebellion. Film attempts (and fails) to tell the story of a prominent banking family who encounter rough going during a time of social and cultural turmoil.
Too unfocused. I had trouble following the story...it seemed great swaths of necessary information were left out while the director was thinking of how he was going to stage large crowd scenes. Undeniably grand in sweep and look, it failed to make me care for these characters. All the scenery in the world can't substitute for strong character development.
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