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
    (182 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,
Directed By
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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