Dearest is one of the movies, which are as gut wrenching and emotionally as realistically driven as it was about a true story. Even though the material is as sensitive of a topic as it can get. So it shows, the work put into this material ensues all over the screen with real raw care, performances and not only of those true events, but with actors and actresses that embodied the real life persona of the ones that did get involved. Equally how the direction and the script also exposed dilemmas of politics, economy and policies which were told greatly intertwine with the plot not taking from it, but rather, adding to a well exposure to the big dilemma China encounters himself and those around it.
As the director himself, Peter Ho Sun Chan intended and succeeded. Creating an atmosphere all throughout. When it comes to the script, It goes to show how prepared this material was. More so in the second half for how things might end. It sure was an experience, all due to how the movie's atmospheric tone shifted to go hand in hand with the first half and second half of the movie giving two perspectives of this awful and agonizing event. The ending was so raw, that the whole take away from watching the movie in conclusion made it have that firm posture of what life is for many people and these events and their final outcomes.
Review by DanielBlockedParent2022-02-14T01:33:41Z
Dearest is one of the movies, which are as gut wrenching and emotionally as realistically driven as it was about a true story. Even though the material is as sensitive of a topic as it can get. So it shows, the work put into this material ensues all over the screen with real raw care, performances and not only of those true events, but with actors and actresses that embodied the real life persona of the ones that did get involved. Equally how the direction and the script also exposed dilemmas of politics, economy and policies which were told greatly intertwine with the plot not taking from it, but rather, adding to a well exposure to the big dilemma China encounters himself and those around it.
As the director himself, Peter Ho Sun Chan intended and succeeded. Creating an atmosphere all throughout. When it comes to the script, It goes to show how prepared this material was. More so in the second half for how things might end. It sure was an experience, all due to how the movie's atmospheric tone shifted to go hand in hand with the first half and second half of the movie giving two perspectives of this awful and agonizing event. The ending was so raw, that the whole take away from watching the movie in conclusion made it have that firm posture of what life is for many people and these events and their final outcomes.