Review of Up the Yangtze (2007) by Lisa-Marie S — 23 Feb 2008

Stop what you are doing, go watch this flick..

This review of Up the Yangtze (2007) was written by Lisa-Marie S on 23 Feb 2008.

Up the Yangtze has generally received very positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

Up the Yangtze (2007) Movie Reviews (189)
Up the Yangtze (2007) Critic Reviews (29)
Up the Yangtze (2007) User Reviews (160)

More Reviews of Up the Yangtze

Review of Up the Yangtze (2007)

By Julian K (196) on 06 Sep 2014

In the back drop of the world's largest dam construction, the daughter of a poor farmer comes to terms with her job aboard a Western Cruise Ship…

Read Review

Review of Up the Yangtze (2007)

By Victor V (98) on 12 Jul 2009

Excelente documental con un tono ficcionado para ilustrar los perjuicios que genera la Represa de las Tres Gargantas, la planta hidroelectrica…

Read Review

Review of Up the Yangtze (2007)

By Darren H (638) on 14 Apr 2011

Insightful and level-headed, Up the Yangtze is comparable to the unheralded works of Jia Zhangke in its commentary about the shifting landscape…

Read Review

Review of Up the Yangtze (2007)

By Bartek F (33) on 20 Feb 2010

The two young adults working on the cruise ship, leaving their homes, families and friends, for the first time, their attitudes and outlooks,…

Read Review

Review of Up the Yangtze (2007)

By Tom M (1,308) on 06 Mar 2010

Often mind-blowing documentary about the consequences of China's Three Gorges Dam on the surrounding environs…

Read Review

Review of Up the Yangtze (2007)

By Jeremy W (358) on 08 Dec 2008

I thought the cinematography captured the essence of how the cultural times have created an uprising with the clash of a modern era…

Read Review

Review of Up the Yangtze (2007)

By Michael L (2,383) on 06 Apr 2009

I watcd this and the thematically linked fiction film still life within a couple days of each other and very much preferred this…

Read Review

Review of Up the Yangtze (2007)

By Ki R (35) on 10 Dec 2008

The way the story is told makes this an amazingly compelling documentary…

Read Review

Review of Up the Yangtze (2007)

By Paul B (2,474) on 30 Dec 2008

Really made the yangtze valley look beautiful. I didn't think there was enough info on the history…

Read Review

Review of Up the Yangtze (2007)

By Dustin L (139) on 03 May 2009

Amazing documentary. It shows price has to be paid in the name of progress. It shows while there is hope, there is pain when China is moving forward…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Terror's Advocate (2007)

By Robs. (24) on 04 Apr 2008

Giving this accomplice to muder a platform is disgusting…

Read Review

Review of Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006)

By Jeffs. (32) on 09 Jun 2007

A pile of left-wing propaganda combined with B-list celebrity interviews and narration by the real president, Martin Sheen…

Read Review

Review of No End in Sight (2007)

By Arthurc. (21) on 25 Nov 2007

89!!! Well, I must have been watching the wrong movie, because the one I saw sucked…

Read Review

Review of The Order of Myths (2008)

By Dajhorn (20) on 06 Sep 2014

Order of Myths reminds me of something produced by the Film Board of Canada that you might be forced to watch in a high school social studies…

Read Review

Review of loudQUIETloud: A Film About the Pixies (2006)

By Rj B (57) on 16 Jan 2008

Great documentary. My problem with it is in knowing there is tons of additional Pixies footage in some guy's attic that I'll never see…

Read Review

Review of Popatopolis (2009)

By Allan C (2,173) on 30 Mar 2014

Documentary about exploitation director Jim Wynorski, a highly prolific director of trashy films for nearly 30 years, and his quest to shoot…

Read Review

Review of Into the Deep (1994)

By Lee R (434) on 08 Aug 2008

I don't really like oceans that much, so it was only interesting on an elementary level…

Read Review

Review of The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2006)

By Andrew G (1,437) on 21 Jan 2008

Johnston is an American original, but his eccentricities and seeming absence of guile outstage his music…

Read Review

Review of Manufactured Landscapes (2006)

By Shahid C (3) on 28 Dec 2007

Nice shots, but I got bored about 2 minutes in... for real real…

Read Review

Review of Into Great Silence (2005)

By Bryan T (261) on 13 Aug 2011

Plot Synopsis: Monk sits down, Monk stands up, Monk walks through hall. etc. Snow falling is about the most exiting thing that happens…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Upgrade

2018

76%696 Reviews

Hillbilly Elegy

2020

61%141 Reviews

Interstellar

2014

83%1,261 Reviews

Mad Max: Fury Road

2015

83%1,378 Reviews

The Voyeurs

2021

58%19 Reviews

Inside Out

2015

86%1,276 Reviews

The Prodigy

2019

53%39 Reviews

Terrifier 2

2022

65%48 Reviews

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

2017

69%660 Reviews

The Judge

2014

67%866 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Up the Yangtze

2007

78%189 Reviews

Dirty Grandpa

2016

44%851 Reviews

Hairspray

2007

74%815 Reviews

Twilight Zone: The Movie

1983

59%518 Reviews

Saturday Night

2010

77%8 Reviews

Journey to the West

2014

67%127 Reviews

Keep the Lights On

2012

68%131 Reviews

Ghost Rider

2007

46%832 Reviews

Forrest Gump

1994

85%938 Reviews

Ouija

2014

47%705 Reviews