Us and Them (film)
2018
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Dec 2, 2019 · Dec 2, 2019 9:57am PT. ‘Better Days’: Film Review. Actress Zhou Dongyu electrifies Derek Tsang's smash-hit hybrid of hard-hitting bullying drama and swoony, mismatched-couple love story. By...
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Nov 8, 2019 · Rated: 7/10 • Jun 14, 2022. Jun 5, 2021. May 30, 2021. A bullied high school student and a small-time criminal become the prime suspects in the murder of a teenage girl.
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- Zhou Dongyu
- Derek Tsang
- Shooting Pictures
Full Review | May 30, 2021. Better Days is a touching, vulnerable, sometimes frustrating (for good reasons), film that brings hard subjects to forefront and makes something out of them that...
- A Stirring Portrait of Bullying
- An Ill-Starred Romance & A Barbaric Murder
- Conclusion: Better Days Deserves An Audience
The film begins with a calculated suicide, orchestrated by a reserved student named Hu. We get a fleeting glimpse of her character carrying milk jugs with our protagonist, wearing a dejected face that shows her ceaseless fray for survival is ultimately over. Minutes later, Hu leaps off the school’s second story, accepting the unknown than enduring ...
It isn’t until Xiao Bei enters Chen Nian’s life that she experiences a sense of safety — and before we know it, two broken souls conflate into a doomed romance. With a thin forelock, a mysterious mien and a hairband that keeps his hair brushed back neatly, Jackson Yee reifies a beguiling persona taken straight out of a swoony rom-com (but his inwar...
Better Days is a mostly earnest drama that plods through bullying, academic stress, murder and tragedy, retaining a fittingly bleak and dolorous tone. The editing is a bit hurried, especially when the quieter scenes between Chen and Xiao need more screentime to garner more impact. With all of the topics being cultivated in this 2-hour venture, it c...
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Nov 11, 2019 · Summary. Perceptive and gripping drama from China about pressure and bullying in schools, and one of the best films of 2019. It’s easy to go into a film screening with preconceptions, especially having seen so many films already.
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 97% based on reviews from 31 critics, with an average rating of 8.3/10. [20] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 83 out of 100 based on 5 critic reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [21]
Oct 29, 2019 · ‘Better Days’: Review. By John Berra 29 October 2019. High school bullying reaches dangerous levels in Derek Tsang’s controversial teen drama. Source: We Distribution. ‘Better Days’. Dir:...
