Not One Less

Name: Not One Less
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: February 18, 2000
Duration: 106 min
Rating: 73
Cast: Huike Zhang, Minzhi Wei, Zhenda Tian

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Columbia TriStar Home Video | Release Date: February 18, 2000 | G

Starring: Huike Zhang, Minzhi Wei, Zhenda Tian

Summary: In a remote mountain village, the teacher (Gao) must leave for a month to care for his mother. The mayor can find only a 13-year old girl (Wei) to substitute, even though she is only a few years older than her students.

Director: Yimou Zhang

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: G

Runtime: 106 min

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Jami Bernard

It's an uplifting movie about the rewards of perseverance and community. Read full review

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Michael Wilmington

A beautiful and genuinely spirit-lifting film about poverty and education. Read full review

Leslie Camhi

The film's occasional dips into sentimental cuteness and its too-pat ending can't cancel the gap that yawns ever wider between rural and urban society. Read full review

Peter Stack

It's an excellent movie for kids, because it is about how amazing children can be. Read full review

Phoebe Flowers

Zhang, who tried to make his actors as unaware of the camera as possible, lets the story evolve slowly and deliberately. Read full review

Jay Carr

In style and story line, the film is daring in its simplicity. Read full review

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Its resolution reeks of phoniness and self-congratulation, even if some of the narrative strands leading up to it are fairly absorbing. Read full review

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TYL

Dec 2, 2008

Innocent, charming, real and moving. I've traveled the east and this movie reminds me of some of the harsh realities of rural areas and the small yet significant miracles of humanity.

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PenelopeV.

Oct 7, 2005

Simple story but with a great message. A teacher has to look beyond the eyes of her students, love and understand her students. Her job goes beyond teaching. Her jobs means reaching out to her learners with her mind and heart. I love the movie!

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khutch

Nov 11, 2013

The film is exhausting, not the bad side of the word, he is strong and causes the viewer to anxiety and despair, and in the end, you feel. Wei is a heroine of the real world.

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R.C,

Nov 2, 2007

After living in China for 1 1/2 years I related to the interesting dynamics of the people in the movie. It was not unlike real life experienced by those that live in the country. Very Chinese.

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