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I waited a month to see the movie because I didn't trust the hype created by the Chinese moviegoers... everyone wanted to see it immediately after the release on 2nd April! Of course, my wife wasn't exception... so I had to endure tirades of how good this film is, how sad and touching it was...

Today, I finally endured 2 hours and seven minutes and I am happy to write my opinion! Cinematography, acting of the youngest actor, authenticity of using the Sichuan dialect and directing were superbly executed by the very experience team! Everything rest was so melodramatic that it felt like scenes were planned so carefully to get the desired effect that sometimes seemed like they were forced!

Written and filmed for the Chinese audience which is almost always sympathetic to the suffering that was endured during the one child policy by many families, this film's full story will be lost with the audience from other countries.

To me this film was simply boring, wrongly paced, with illogical actions of the members of the family - it could be the cultural difference gap... but I am not sure about it, after living 10 years in China.

So, if you are Chinese, you probably watched it already... if you are coming from any other country - try to skip it. It will confuse you, annoy you, bore you and you will be asking yourself why are you always repeating the same mistakes trusting your cable service provider's ratings!

As a younger sister, of course I cannot empathize with other audiences as younger brothers, or empathize the story as an older sister. But even so, I still want to write this film review as a "person with a sister".

Today we don't talk about styles, skills, just stories. In many parts in this movie, it also made me feel that some things might have happened in my family.

It's sad to see An Ran being forced by her parents to pretend to be disabled, and it also reminds me of my sister. I know very well that in the era when I was born, second children were not allowed. Each family was an only one child. My parents were working in the bank. If they violated the rule and gave birth to the second child, it would mean losing their job and paying fine. Even so, my parents took a risk and gave birth to me. They lost their job, paid a fine, and even almost issued a disability certificate to my sister. I don't know how my sister would be in the mood to accept me at that time, and whether I would take away her love and care. I have thought about this mentality from the perspective of my sister many times, but after all, whenever I wasn't a sister, I still don't know the situation at that time. The environment in which I was born does not exist in the movie what the elder sister "hates" the younger siblings. Later, my parents also told me that my sister welcomed me very much, and it seemed that there was not so much hatred in the movie. Since I was little, I have never quarreled with my sister. This is not just my sister letting me or I letting her. There is really no contradiction. What my sister said ,I will do what she said, never revolt . Looking back at the situation of An Ran and her brother in the movie, I think the root problem is the influence of family education. As mentioned in the previous article, I never quarreled with my sister, because my parents taught me to listen to my sister in everything. So I have also known since I was a child that my existence cannot make my sister feel that she has lost something or something has been taken away by me. As for An Ran, her parents, parents are family judges, they gave her an unfair trial when she was a child. The traditional idea that girls can't do big thing in their life. The education for the younger brother is "You are born, our whole family is yours." The older sister seems to have disappeared here. So don't expect any siblings to have a deep affection, it is not her fault that An Ran abandons her younger brother. If I lived in such a family, I would not think that there was anything wrong with An Ran's idea of giving him away. A blood relationship without emotional accumulation is not much different from a stranger.

In the story, her aunt was using the phrase "elder sister is like mother" to discourage An Ran and let her raise her younger brother. As a child who has been labelled as a small matter by his parents since he was a child, he will naturally not agree. What is the relationship between "he" and her? An Ran will only feel that his brother has taken away more things that belong to her, leaving only the parents' prejudice against her. . But the end result is that An Ran has assumed the responsibility of "the eldest sister is like a mother", which is somewhat far-fetched in my opinion. Was it because of the feelings of childhood that had been battered by the wind and frost from the little brother's sweet words and cute eyes that were moved? Could it be that "the eldest sister is like a mother" to take responsibility? This is more like moral kidnapping. If it's just this touching An Ran, to raise his younger brother, should the screenwriter use his brains anymore. Although film is the art of time, what our want to express can only be short and short, but the turning point for An Ran's change may be clearer.

I think that "the eldest sister is like a mother" is not a sister's obligation, let alone a fixed formula, but a natural family situation. There is no such thing as being responsible for anything. It is because of family affection that naturally I want to be nice to my younger siblings. For example, for my sister and I, my parents didn't order her to take any responsibility, or what benefits she would bring to me if she was kind to me, it was just that she wanted to be nice to me and she loved me very much. I went to school in Beijing since the second grade. My sister lived in Beijing after graduating. After I passed, she didn't need my mother to tell her to take care of me. Every time I go back to my sister's home. Just like going back to my own home, at this time "the eldest sister is like a mother" naturally manifests. My sister treats me like a mother and she loves me.

Therefore, there is no criticism of An Ran in my view of this story, and I sympathize with her very much. Nor does it criticize her family education. The story reflects the concept of family in an era. When the era changes, the views will also change. Every family is different. Maybe some girls are still in the quagmire of moral kidnapping. We can't do anything for them. We can only pray that the new generation of parents will be less prejudiced, just like my parents taught us two sisters, educate the new life now.

A tear quencher, Sister is a movie that took a while to get into its groove, but boy did it go. Yes, you have to be Chinese to fully comprehend the social setting of the film, and frankly I am surprised to see the film pass the bureau in the first place, but isn't this the beauty of movies? To create story out of social surroundings and culture. An Ran's story is literally representative of millions of family in China, but the director is able to create a cast of characters to accentuate the story is masterful. I see the criticism of the film being melodramatic, but I don't think so. Sister for me actually goes against expectation of a Chinese drama, it never focuses on the accident, there is no unneeded hatred between conflicted parties and it doesn't dwell on the breakup, instead it focuses on natural character development and issues that are truly life changing for the siblings. None of the characters are black and white, isn't that more representative of our world? It truly is something for a rookie director to be able to illustrate such a simple yet complex story.

Kudos to the director hand over such exquisite hat trick score. Camera language, bgm, edit, art and every small detail such as actor breathing, movement, pause moment was beautifully execute.chemistry between the sister and brother was touching will move u to tears some people find hard to accept this movie cause of the backlash to their beliefs.i find the dialect they speak was beautiful and bring realistic to the movies.

Sister starts with a tragedy when a young child, the brother, lost his parents to an accident. The brother had an older sister who had become a nurse and had her own life. The sister was not close to him or their parents, who had become a nurse and was planning on going to graduate school in a bigger city. Being the only blood relative, the sister had no choice but to keep the brother with her, while trying to find a family for adoption. However during the time they lived together, they formed a strong bound and the sister needed to make a decision when finally a lovely couple seemed to be a good fit for adoption.

A culture background will be required to understand a lot of dramatic moments. Although may no longer to the case nowadays, during the years the sister was brought up and some parts of the country when the film was set, the Chinese culture still favored boys way over girls. She was considered the less important, if not better off without. "Abuse" was not the right word, but she could certain feel all her parents wanted was a boy, - her brother.

Yet blood is always thicker, and the brother was a cute, smart and loving. He adored her and she was "all he had". We can see how the sister's attitude towards the brother change, and also how her view towards her own life.

The movie has a poetic feel. It was sad and grey for the first two thirds, but gradually became heart warming and colorful. There will be sobbing moments for sure.

Overall a touching film, beautifully made.