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Sick Product of a Sick System

good back-story, and good acting

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Chinese film "Suzhou River" is a dramatic tale about a poor courier boy's love for a rich business man's daughter. It describes in detail how and why this relationship soured due to one of the partner's selfish motives. The use of Suzhou river is highly symbolic in this film. It helps viewers to identify the lovers' destinies which are inextricably linked to each other's fate. For this film, Chinese director Lou Ye has made an extensive use of video. This film was shot in year 2000, a time when any ordinary person interested in cinema in mainland China was forced to watch classics of cinema on bootleg video cassettes. It is also important to note that in "Suzhou River" the development of love story happens within the scope of customs of Chinese culture. Although there are some intimate scenes between young lovers but there is absolutely no scope for any kind of nudity even when the director wishes to depict scenes of physical relationship between two lovers. Suzhou River does not have any political stance associated with it. It appears to be honest in its depiction of the criminal milieu in China but doesn't make any value judgments about it. It would be remembered as a romantic film which has professionally mixed elements of suspense film genre.

Well the story is pretty simple but it is not the case, what i found the most important is that this is in my opinion the best movie about love. And not such love as in middle ages or fantasy worlds, not from the XIX century but the one the appears in present day. In this dirty and poor environment of suzhou river we are given chance to believe that true love is not one that vanish but the one that last. It is a must to seeNot everyone may like the acting, cause Asians always seem to be a little bit introvert but in the end i assure you, you will cry your eyes out"if i would disappear would you look for me?yes Would you look for me forever?yesYour whole life?yesYou are a liar..."

Very obvious nods to "Vertigo", but that shouldn't distract from a very good film. This is a film of beauty and comedy. You whirl through the streets of Hong Kong, and catch a very real sense of modern life in that part of the world.If you like Wong Kar Wai then catch this.

The action of this film is so slow that I couldn't help being disturbed by the popcorn muncher behind me two rows back. But, I've been thinking about it for days. It's images are nowhere as near as beautiful, but it reminded most of Ingmar Bergman's "Cries and Whispers". The scenes are so sparse that you can't help but to focus on the simplest of details on the screen...a roll of toilet paper on a bed and each passing character all get connected to the story line by the films end. And even though there is ample reason to connect the filthy river to the source of the main characters problem it is clear that the river that the title is describing to is the vast population of disconnected people that haven't a clue what is happening to them.