The Beauty Remains (Mei ren yi jiu)

The Beauty Remains (Mei ren yi jiu) (2007)

  • 50% of critics liked it
    (10 reviews)

  • 73% of users liked it
    (181 ratings)

A woman's tainted family history proves to be both a blessing and a curse in this drama from Chinese-American filmmaker Ann Hu. Fei (Zhou Xun) is a young woman who was born as a result of an extra-marital dalliance by her father, the wealthy Master Li. When Master Li dies while Fei is away at… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 27 min.
Directed By
Ann Hu
Written By
Beth Schacter, Michael Eldridge, Wang Bin
Genres
Drama
In Theaters
Sep 21, 2007 Wide
Emerging Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Aaron Hillis, Village Voice

    The film plays like the work of a fifth-generation Chinese hack faking a lavish Hollywood saga on an indie budget.

  • V.A. Musetto, New York Post

    So beautifully filmed, it is especially sad that the script doesn't measure up.

  • Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News

    Overwritten dialogue is matched by melodramatic performances.

  • Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com

    Ann Hu's Beauty Remains is distinguished by a ghostly, intimate atmosphere that will linger with you long after the plot has faded.

  • Matt Zoller Seitz, New York Times

    A delicate figurine of a movie, Beauty Remains is an account of a tragic love triangle set in China in 1948, just before the Communists won the civil war.

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