33 Postcards
Wishing you were here.
Wishing you were here.
Drama
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2011
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Dean Randall has sponsored a young Chinese orphan Mei Mei for many years, when she arrives in Sydney out of the blue to thank him, their lives are changed forever.
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Details
Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
97 min
Release date:
9 Jun 2011
Country:
AU, CN
Languages:
Chinese, English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
3 wins & 4 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Innocence meets experience, unconvincingly, in the strained redemption drama "33 Postcards."
– Sheri Linden,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2013
rotten:
Were it not for the staccato bursts of violence, this Chinese-Australian co-production about how an adorable orphan brings love into the life of a hardened convict would feel like a film from Hayley Mills' heyday.
– Farran Smith Nehme,
New York Post,
17 May 2013
fresh:
It's all in the name of heartstring tugging, and the film, directed by Pauline Chan ("Little White Lies"), does that pretty well.
– Neil Genzlinger,
New York Times,
16 May 2013
rotten:
There's no explaining the presence of Guy Pearce in Pauline Chan's sappy, atonal family drama. But it's easy enough to understand why he looks so uncomfortable throughout.
– Elizabeth Weitzman,
New York Daily News,
16 May 2013
rotten:
A clunky hybrid-half feel-good weepie, half preposterous thriller-that functions primarily as an elaborate travel brochure ...
– Mike D'Angelo,
AV Club,
16 May 2013