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THE BEGINNING OF THE GREAT REVIVAL (JIAN DANG WEI YE)Movie Reviews
Chinese language drama details the historic events surrounding the Chinese Revolution (1911-1921) and the beginnings of leaders Mao Zedong, Chiang Kai-shek and Zhou Enlai. Cast:Liu Ye, Feng Yuanzheng, Chow Yun-fat, Li Chen, Andy Lau, Li Qin, Chen Kun, Chang Chen, Ma Shaohua, Chen Daoming, Zhou BenshanDirector:Sanping Han, Jianxin HuangRelease Date:June 24, 2011DVD Release:January 24, 2012From:China LionLength:2 hr 20 min
JANUARY 24, 2012
The Beginning of the Great Revival (Jian dang wei ye), Weak Reviews Key Cities
The Beginning of the Great Revival (Jian dang wei ye) played in key cities to weak reviews. • Bill Weber wrote for Slant, "A state-sanctioned historical pageant produced to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party... muddled..." • And John Hartl wrote in the Seattle Times, "...costly, sometimes spectacular, emotionally remote..." More Reviews Below...
The Beginning of the Great Revival (Jian dang wei ye) Positive Reviews (7 Reviews, reviews below)
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (3 Reviews)
Andy Webster, New York Times: FAIR "...a lavish, sprawling mosaic... demonstrates that mainstream Chinese cinema can be as guilty of self-indulgent overstatement as anything out of the West."(See all of Andy Webster's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 371 words, 06/24/11
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: WEAK "A valiantly flawed effort at telling a long, complicated story somewhat succinctly... repeatedly bogged down by the filmmakers' desire/need to movie-ize the tale..."(See all of Mark Olsen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 284 words, 06/24/11
Radheyan Simonpillai, Toronto Now: POOR(cg) "...a Chinese propaganda flick that trumpets the red flag, though not in any way that feels remotely rousing.... feels like someone ripped pages out of the encyclopedia and used it as a screenplay."(See all of Radheyan Simonpillai's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 166 words, 06/25/11
KEY CITIES (1 Review)
John Hartl, Seattle Times: MODERATE(cg) "...costly, sometimes spectacular, emotionally remote... Hardly any of the actors are given the opportunity to build a performance and establish a character."(See all of John Hartl's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 315 words, 06/24/11
Radheyan Simonpillai, Toronto Now: POOR(cg) "...a Chinese propaganda flick that trumpets the red flag, though not in any way that feels remotely rousing.... feels like someone ripped pages out of the encyclopedia and used it as a screenplay."(See all of Radheyan Simonpillai's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 166 words, 06/25/11
HIGHBROW PRESS (2 Reviews)
Andy Webster, New York Times: FAIR "...a lavish, sprawling mosaic... demonstrates that mainstream Chinese cinema can be as guilty of self-indulgent overstatement as anything out of the West."(See all of Andy Webster's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 371 words, 06/24/11
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: WEAK "A valiantly flawed effort at telling a long, complicated story somewhat succinctly... repeatedly bogged down by the filmmakers' desire/need to movie-ize the tale..."(See all of Mark Olsen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 284 words, 06/24/11
MOVIE INDUSTRY (4 Reviews)
Richard Kuipers, Daily Variety: MODERATE "A Chinese propaganda film without the heavy dogma and dour treatment that would have been expected a generation ago... a slick and lavish historical epic charting the 1921 formation of the Chinese Communist Party."(See all of Richard Kuipers's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 700 words, 06/23/11
Maggie Lee, Hollywood Reporter: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...laced with a soupcon of romanticism in its portrait of Mao Zedong as a young political theorist.... The all-important official founding of the party trails off into a mystical haze of tableaux vivants."(See all of Maggie Lee's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 827 words, 06/23/11
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: WEAK "A valiantly flawed effort at telling a long, complicated story somewhat succinctly... repeatedly bogged down by the filmmakers' desire/need to movie-ize the tale..."(See all of Mark Olsen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 284 words, 06/24/11
Andy Webster, New York Times: FAIR "...a lavish, sprawling mosaic... demonstrates that mainstream Chinese cinema can be as guilty of self-indulgent overstatement as anything out of the West."(See all of Andy Webster's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 371 words, 06/24/11
17.2 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
The Beginning of the Great Revival (Jian dang wei ye)'s reviews are separated by an average 17.2 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
The Beginning of the Great Revival (Jian dang wei ye) (7 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:The Beginning of the Great Revival (Jian dang wei ye)'s reviews cover 7.6% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 3,174 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 453 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
The Beginning of the Great Revival (Jian dang wei ye) Coverage, Volume & Length (7 Reviews, reviews below)
Reviews Broke 4.1 Hours Before Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
The Beginning of the Great Revival (Jian dang wei ye)'s reviews on average broke 4.1 hours before opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is The Beginning of the Great Revival (Jian dang wei ye)'s opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
The Beginning of the Great Revival (Jian dang wei ye) (7 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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