A deeply moving, nerve-racking drama movie about history and war, with standout direction and performances.
Good for thought-provoking · adults · partner watch
Skip it if you want something to laugh at · you need an uplifting mood · graphic violence bothers you
Not for warmth, comfort or laughs.
Fighting for freedom.
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Christian BaleJohn Miller
Ni NiYu Mo
Zhang XinyiShu
Huang TianyuanGeorge Chen
Han XitingYi
Zhang DoudouLing
Tong DaweiMajor Li
Cao KefanMr. Meng
Atsuro WatabeColonel Hasegawa
Yuan YangchunziMosquito
Sun JiaHua
Li YueminDou
Bai XueLan
Takashi YamanakaLieutenant Asakura
Shigeo KobayashiLieutenant Kato
Paul SchneiderTerry
Li ChunThe Woman of the Qin Huai River
Zhou MengqiaoThe Woman of the Qin Huai River
Qian LiuyinThe Woman of the Qin Huai River
Deng LiThe Woman of the Qin Huai River
Zhou YuThe Woman of the Qin Huai River
Gu XuanThe Woman of the Qin Huai River
Su XiaomeiThe Woman of the Qin Huai RiverPick a department, or search for a name or a job (“editor”, “stunt”).
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GoodWatch score 79
GoodWatch score 79
GoodWatch score 81
GoodWatch score 61
GoodWatch score 79
GoodWatch score 77
GoodWatch score 62
GoodWatch score 83December 15, 2011 · 2 h 26 min · R
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In the United States, The Flowers of War streams on Prime, Lionsgate+, and Howdy, and it is free with ads on The Roku, Kanopy, Hoopla, Fandango at Home Free, Plex, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Fawesome, Xumo Play, Tubi TV, and Amazon MX Player. You can rent or buy it from Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, and Fandango At Home. It also streams in 17 other countries.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 58 (IMDb 7.5, Rotten Tomatoes 41%, and Metacritic 46). Audiences rate it higher (74 out of 100) than critics (44).
Probably not: the title analysis rates it 9 of 10 for bleakness and 9 for melancholy, against 3 for hopefulness.
Mostly character-driven: it leans on pathos (10 of 10) and character depth (9 of 10) more than on its plot.
No, it was made in Chinese, with some Japanese and English.
7.5
