The result is an interesting, if slightly unbalanced, hybrid: a social problem film with the warm heart of a deeply felt love story.
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New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter Rainer
New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter Rainer
Predictable, not so much from his (Zhang Yimou) previous movies as from the work of the many sentimentalists who have already plowed this well-tilled turf.
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Village VoiceJessica Winter
Village VoiceJessica Winter
The Road Home is foremost enthralled, however, with its lead actress -- wide-eyed and pigtailed, revered in close-up after stunned close-up.