Beginning of the Great Revival
Release Date: June 24, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
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VarietyRichard KuipersJun 24, 2011
A Chinese propaganda film without the heavy dogma and dour treatment that would have been expected a generation ago, Beginning of the Great Revival is a slick and lavish historical epic charting the 1921 formation of the Chinese Communist Party. Read full review
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The Hollywood ReporterMaggie LeeJun 24, 2011
A worthy history lesson on the founding of the Chinese Communist Party with only partially entertaining aspects. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineBill WeberJun 23, 2011
Beginning of the Great Revival is muddled, all right, but it's the helter-skelter speed at which it ticks off names and incidents, both in hopelessly confused action and on-screen text, that seems nearly unprecedented. Read full review
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Boxoffice MagazineVadim RizovJun 24, 2011
There hasn't been such an egregiously self-congratulating piece of Communist propaganda since, arguably, the peak of '60s Soviet musicals, but Revival is so repetitive and po-faced that there's no kitsch value to be had. Read full review
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The New York TimesAndy WebsterJun 24, 2011
It demonstrates that mainstream Chinese cinema can be as guilty of self-indulgent overstatement as anything out of the West. Read full review
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