True tale of a British correspondent in China during the Japanese invasion of 1937, reluctantly assuming responsibility for five dozen war orphans. The cardboard characters, the battering-ram dramaturgy, and the lackluster look of the thing (excepting the luminous Michelle Yeoh as a shady lady) fail to substantiate the truth of it. Testimony from actual survivors at the end unhardens your heart. With Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Radha Mitchell, Chow Yun Fat; directed by Roger Spottiswoode. (2008) — Duncan Shepherd
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