11 Flowers

Name: 11 Flowers
Genre: Drama
Released: February 22, 2013
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 71

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First Run Features | Release Date: February 22, 2013 | Not Rated

Summary: When 11-year-old Wang is selected to lead his school through their daily gymnastic regimen, his teacher recommends that he wear a clean, new shirt in honor of this important position. This request forces his family to make a great sacrifice and changes Wang's life forever. [First Run Features]

Director: Xiaoshuai Wang

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 110 min

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Jeannette Catsoulis

Feb 21, 2013

Delicate and autobiographical (Wang Han was the director’s name when he was a child, and the story is constructed from his boyhood memories), 11 Flowers clings steadfastly to its youthful point of view. Read full review

Caroline MacKenzie

Feb 18, 2013

Because of its choice in subjectivity, and despite the film's historical context, 11 Flowers firmly elevates the experience of the personal over the political. Read full review

Mark Jenkins

Feb 22, 2013

His latest, the earthy yet subtly evocative 11 Flowers, is in the same mode as the one that's best known in the U.S., 2001's "Beijing Bicycle." Both are simple, resonant tales of youths who have something taken from them. Read full review

Farran Smith Nehme

Feb 21, 2013

11 Flowers boils down to a coming-of-age tale merged with a why-dunit — not unlike “To Kill a Mockingbird” — but the plot is molasses-slow, as threads are dropped, picked up and dropped again. Read full review

David Fear

Feb 19, 2013

Once the murderer starts relying on the lad’s kindness, all the preceding kid stuff starts to take on a purposefully sour tang. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Feb 21, 2013

Wang Xiaoshuai’s gently engrossing coming-of-age tale isn’t strikingly unique, but it does possess the heartfelt confidence that comes from autobiographical influence — and natural talent. Read full review

Mike Scott

Mar 1, 2013

Ends up being foreign but familiar, artful and honest, as well as beautiful and believable. Read full review

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strapcharles

Feb 26, 2013

This film is wonderful. It's gentle and honest, like real people are. It's not another one of those violent, stupid, boring hollywood films. I really enjoyed getting to know the characters and their authentic stories.

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