Director Chen Kaige's body of work will survive intact but it will not be helped in any way by this film.
This film will resonate with a lot of people but it doesn't add anything new to the director's resume. This is basically, or almost, a Hollywood film, told in a different way. The audience will eat it up since director Kaige's hands pull the right strings all the time. It's very natural to like it, but the end feels like some American films that want to please the audience by creating melodrama and easy sentimentality.
"Together" aims to please. Judging by some teary-eyed viewers, at the screening I attended, it succeeds.
This film will resonate with a lot of people but it doesn't add anything new to the director's resume. This is basically, or almost, a Hollywood film, told in a different way. The audience will eat it up since director Kaige's hands pull the right strings all the time. It's very natural to like it, but the end feels like some American films that want to please the audience by creating melodrama and easy sentimentality.
"Together" aims to please. Judging by some teary-eyed viewers, at the screening I attended, it succeeds.