Home Beyond the Sun

First, being Christian, i love watching Christian-themed movies. I endured Marriage Retreat, Brother White etc etc, but this one i can't even begin to express how badly this movie was made.

While i love the idea of the movie and the Chinese theme is really interesting because I am of Chinese descent. When i am 40 minutes into this movie i just kept shaking my head in disdain. In some parts i'm not sure if i should cry or laugh..i mean why would an orphan from China's City of Kunming (Beautiful city by the way) speak perfect American English and not knowing anything about America?? I know spoken language is English to make things easier on the American Audience (which this movie is geared towards) but come on, be a little creative on this part.. in addition, the actor for the main police officer looks like an Asian American from Santa Monica.. come on people get some real Chinese actors. I know for a fact that you guys have way enough in L.A.

That aside, the biggest problem with this movie is that it very inaccurately portraits the way Chinese authorities deal with ordinary citizens.. the way they harass people? That's non existent now in China.. They don't walk around with weird uniforms and ask people for papers.. They don't care what you do as long as you don't form a group that could threaten the local government in their eyes. I know about house churches being bulldozed and yes that's very true.. but they don't just go house to house to hunt down possible Christians. In other words, this movie attempts to show China as a Nazi regime and China is far far from it.. she's a very complicated society made up of money hungry Communitists who will let the populace do many things freely but tighten the grip once they see something is "wrong". Think of weibo.

Do a better job on your research and stop misinforming the good ignorant American Christian Population.. At least hire me as a consultant.. jeez.

I absolutely appreciate a film being made with so much truth in it. This film's depiction has so much quality of the truth as I know it. I adopted a special needs child from China and have traveled on a short term missions trip there and have hosted Chinese exchange students. I know not every Provence has such watch on foreigners but I do know some do. I especially like the fact Mei Ming said about how some handicapped kids and mental need kids are killed. I love the Chinese people but pray for the Chinese government. The adoption processes takes A long time and I know it would be almost impossible to pick the child you want To adopt from the China side. The end is far fetched for a true story but I also Know of two Chinese girls that live in America got a genetic test and the were sisters.

I just watched this movie last night and absolutely loved it. Many people take for granted the freedom we have in the United States, after watching this movie you realize how very blessed we are to live our lives the way we want. If your not a Christian then the acting may seem cheesy but if your a Christian you know Christians always seem cheesy to the world. God works in ways we will never comprehend and what may seem like an impossibility to us is so very easy for Him so the ending was just like something God would do. This is a very heart wrenching movie that touches your very soul, I would love to add it to my collection.