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I think there are much better films made from other countries about the corruption within organisations because of corporate greed. Does it surprise me a certain country made this film, when they have been poisoning not just water , but all sorts of life essentials, without a care in the world? No, it doesn’t. That’s what America does when it is about to be once again reported upon for doing much much worse than what you have seen in this film. It is to distract us from asking why there are high levels of a litany of poisons in states across America’s water. Is this story worth making a film about? Of course. But they already have done, so Johnny why don’t you advocate to highlight the issues going on within your own country?? I’m sure you can put on just as good of a performance in a film about how American Detroit constituents, have to walk miles and miles to even find “clean” water…because they are poor?? Interesting, and how about all of the dumping of toxic waste materials in lakes and rivers across the entire United States? You want to point fingers , then please remember your own country’s hands are dirtier than the rest of the world’s! Make a film about that mister Depp!

So much I could write about this, but I think the most important thing is that someone finally had the courage to make this particular film. Good for you for telling at least a small part of Tammy's story, and not completely glossing over all of the bad that created PTL's "good". Good film, great acting--was also nice to see Vincent D'Onofrio in another award winning film. He is one of the best character actors that country has, and is vastly overlooked, pardon the pun. Andrew Garfield gave a decent performance, but of course nothing compares to Jessica Chastain's. She 100% nailed it.

This is on par with many made for television in the United States of America high school type films, except it isn't anything close to the best "coming of age" films that have actually been lucky enough to be recognised globally by awards. This is just not at that level. The television show, with two of the same actors in this cast, one of the same producers, called "Switched At Birth", had much better acting, a much better script, some very profound story lines, basically-- all of the things this film is lacking. It was most definitely a much better representation of the deaf community. If you like glee, then you probably will like this. It has mediocre singing, acting and focuses on high school in America.

I feel it is a great shame that it was butchered by the presumably greedy western editors for the release in cinemas in places like London. It was very obvious that big sections had been removed from the film, and therefore, once again another film on choppy waters because they thought no one would want to sit through a longer version? I think, anyone who is going to go see Anita in London, would have happily sat through a five hour version, or whatever the original version was/still is! Every single person in this very old cinema, uncomfortable, hard to get to, inaccessible for most screenings, was there not for a "night out" or just to "see whatever", they were there because they wanted to see the much anticipated bio pic of Anita Mui! Sadly, it wasn't even that--a bio pic. Again, what was the film meant to be? So much of it not connected or seemed irrelevant from one scene to the next, and it made it annoying to watch. Had it been edited properly, and had the dialogue that was very crucial to the film still been in this western released version, it would have been much better! But somehow even with this film, the first thing when it is being released in the western world, anyone at the top thinks about, is "how much we gonna make". Instead of, "Let's make sure we keep the integrity of the film that was originally given to us, and who knows, it probably will be up for some major awards this season." I would never give this a nod for best foreign picture, for the basic reason that it got ruined by the people at the top who cared more about money, than sharing someone's life story to the world. If you really want to watch it, wait until it is more convenient for you on demand, because this cinema showing it is with its limitations, the stereo sound was so ancient, it looked and sounded like the film had been dubbed for just one example. It certainly was not worth the hiked up prices at this nothing to offer in terms of anything other than that it's there at the moment, because the quality of the screening was that bad....so don't bother to travel all the way to the 1 cinema showing it in a big city because they have no idea whom she was. If Cineworld or Vue put it on, go there, but the Odeon, what in the world was that? I give it an extra star because of it being for Anita! You'll find more information, videos, etc. in the older film, the documentaries online and by watching her live concerts on various websites. Most of what was kept in this particular version, even though it was not flowing at all, was her relationship with Leslie Cheung, there was more about this man's life and death I felt, than hers, and well, maybe with the un-mutilated version, we'd get to see how it all blended in well with the rest of the film, but it just didn't work in this hacked up screening. I really wanted it to be great, but it wasn't. It was bad. Can I even say the acting was award worthy, when before someone's monologue had ended, they broke it off and skipped to another scene that clearly wasn't meant to be in that order, or that close to what the actors were saying....................... No, I can't. Humanity, the saddest part is, she seems from what I know, to have been a beautiful soul, and this film does not and never will do her time on this planet--justice. So please, release the original version from a director I am sure is so irate if he has seen what I did.