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Green Dragon

2001 · 1h 55m · PG-13 Drama
Directed by Timothy Linh Bui

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A tale about Vietnamese refugees sent to an orientation camp on the Camp Pendleton Marine Base in California, 'Green Dragon' focuses on a young boy and his sister. Set in 1975, the film chronicles the stories told to the two children by other refugees in the camp and of Tai Tran, who dares to introduce himself to Sergeant Jim Lance. In developing a relationship with Lance, Tran is able to improve

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61%
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Fresh

An honest, sensitive story from a Vietnamese point of view.

Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle
Fresh

Earnest, unsubtle and Hollywood-predictable, Green Dragon is still a deeply moving effort to put a human face on the travail of thousands of Vietnamese.

Jane Sumner, Dallas Morning News
Rotten

Just when the movie seems confident enough to handle subtlety, it dives into soapy bathos.

Gene Seymour, Newsday
Rotten

Plays as hollow catharsis, with lots of tears but very little in the way of insights.

Ernest Hardy, L.A. Weekly
Fresh

A lyrical, bittersweet film about what could be termed a by-product of battle.

Megan Turner, New York Post

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