Review of The Bird People in China (1998) by Anna B — 01 Dec 2013
Didn't really work for me. I found the first half pretty annoying, with bad pratfalls and dumb jokes, and the second, apparently more, uh, "lyrical" (ugh) half to be a bit cloying and sentimental, especially towards the end.
Maybe it's because I only recently saw Aguirre, but I felt like the amazing setting wasn't utilised very well, with Miike's go-to conflict contrivance of a violent Yakuza feeling completely out of place.
These complaints aside, I didn't outright hate it, but it never managed to draw me in.
This review of The Bird People in China (1998) was written by Anna B on 01 Dec 2013.
The Bird People in China has generally received very positive reviews.
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