Rotten
"Revival" is a proud statement by an ascendant society. But it demonstrates that mainstream Chinese cinema can be as guilty of self-indulgent overstatement as anything out of the West.
Andy Webster, New York Times
Beginning of the Great Revival
2011 · 2h 4m · N/A
Action, Drama, History, War
Directed by
Han Sanping
,
Huang Jianxin
Overview
A chronicle of the events that led to the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
25%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The highly-charged crowd scenes in which dissidents clash with authorities are staged with visual flair, conveying an exhilarating sense of self-empowerment which is the essence of revolution.
Maggie Lee, Hollywood Reporter
Rotten
"Great Revival" is in many ways the very definition of propaganda - it even ends with an image of a waving flag - but "Revival" is too harmlessly flabby to be taken quite that seriously.
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
Perhaps the translation is at fault here, but why does the dialogue consistently do so little to flesh out the characters?
John Hartl, Seattle Times
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