China - The Panda Adventure

China - The Panda Adventure (2001)

  • 42% of critics liked it
    (19 reviews)

  • 59% of users liked it
    (982 ratings)

In this visually striking tale of adventure, Ruth (Maria Bello) is an American widow who during the 1930s travels to China in hopes of making her late husband's dream a reality by bringing Chinese pandas to the United States. Ruth is awed by the striking beauty of China and discovers several of the… More

Unrated, 48 min.
Directed By
Robert M. Young
Written By
Paul Andersen
Genres
Drama, Kids & Family
In Theaters
Jun 9, 2001 Limited
On DVD
Feb 1, 2005
Imax Corporation

Critic Reviews

  • John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press

    [Young] occasionally mines the IMAX cliches ... but more often he delivers unforgettable images of China.

  • David Hunter, Hollywood Reporter

    Gives only glimpses of the potential for dynamic storytelling many have longed for in an Imax film.

  • Robert Koehler, Variety

    Despite being helmed by Robert M. Young, who knows more than a bit about docus and drama, China immediately plays as a wooden period piece.

  • A.O. Scott, New York Times

    So much care has been lavished on the lush, vivid cinematography that very little seems to have been left over for such picayune matters as script continuity, plausible dialogue, coherent editing and acting.

  • Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News

    [Young] knows what's important in an IMAX movie and makes certain that the vastness and beauty of China are matched by the pandas' lovable quotient.

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