Shower
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Movie Reviews of Shower
Movie Review: Wonderful film!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of my favorite foreign films, and my favorite Chinese film. The film explores modernization versus tradition. Sadly, modernization wins out all too often in China!Movie Review: shower
Summary: 5 Stars
this film is enchanting, it made me cry, it made me smile and it made me laugh. do'nt miss the opportunity to see this beautiful filmMovie Review: Warm Story
Summary: 5 Stars
Just a terrific movie that let's people know that we are all people and all have problems.Movie Review: Wonderful Film
Summary: 5 Stars
A simple, touching story of family and community. I could watch this one again and again.Movie Review: Family Ties
Summary: 4 Stars
Shower is an interesting story whose director juxtaposes modern and ancient culture to give the audience a holistic view of today's China. A good number of today's youth are getting jobs in the fast-paced field of corporate business. They do not have time go to the bathhouse and spend hours soaking in the tub. What the older generation realizes is that going to a bathhouse is not just about taking a bath. Bathhouses are located in neighborhoods making them a place to go and visit with friends and neighbors. Someone who owns one of these places builds a connection with his or her clientele as they come back year after year.
Daming Liu does not take the time to understand what his fathers business is all about or why it makes him happy. He is embarrassed by him and decides to leave home in search of a more glamorous lifestyle. On the other hand, his brother Erming loves his father and is happy helping him take care of his business, he does not have much choice but anyone can see how happy he is and how simple everything in life seems for him. Sometimes those in life that do not have many worldly possessions or much money are some of the richest and happiest people in the world. Erming and his father are a perfect example of that. They are surrounded by lots of friends as well as each other to love and care for them. Anyone could find things to complain about in Mr. Liu's situation. Instead, he is the light in his son Erming's life. It is so wonderful to watch how gentle Mr. Liu is with Erming. Anyone could easily loose patience with a retarded person. Mr. Liu spends day after day with his son and manages to make life wonderful for him. He makes it seem easy to raise a retarded child. Mr. Liu is such a patient and understanding father.
When Daming comes home for a visit he sees how happy his father and brother are without him. Because Daming's father and brother are insecure about his feelings for them, they do not believe that he simply came home for a visit. For a while, things are rather tense. Daming is not seen as part of the family any more. He is not a part of the father son dynamic. He is an intruder. Daming spends time getting to know his father and brother all over again. Daming had been gone for so long that it appears he is home for the first time as an adult. Being an adult gives him a fresh more mature perspective on his relationship with his family. He begins to see things from his father's perspective and to realize how wrong he has been and how much he has missed.
Towards the end of the film, Daming begins to feel like a part of the family again. He finally gains his fathers acceptance, which he realizes he wanted all along. Erming and Mr. Liu get a fresh start with their son/brother Daming when he comes to visit. With the bathhouse being torn down there are many decisions that have to be made regarding Erming and Mr. Liu's future. It is interesting how this tragedy comes to life around the same time as Daming's visit. This is an important turning point for the Liu family. This problem has to be decided as a family. Daming is home so he is available to give his perspective. They have banned together as a family to make this decision. This perhaps makes them feel closer and gives Daming a chance to prove his worth as part of the family.
Just when the family has started to make peace, the father dies. Daming now has to deal with his brother. He does not have time to greave for a father he has not seen in years. He puts his grief aside to be a good big brother. It seems like Daming has inherited some of his father's compassion. Erming refuses to deal with his father's death. Perhaps he is mentally incapable of understanding his father's dead. Whatever the case he is having a hard time facing up to the fact that the one person he could count on to be there for him is gone. When you cannot care for yourself having a constant source of support is a very calming thing. It is comforting to know that his brother has some sense of family. In the end something good comes out of a major tragedy.
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