Review of So Long, My Son

I've retracted my old review and have to reduce the score to the lowest 1 star rating, because the screenplay was so messy, and the editing was one of the worst! So many flashbacks mixed up with confusing present, jumping around with lot of avoidance and omits. Characters were randomly appeared or out of the picture without appropriate explanation, they just appeared so abruptly, then suddenly appeared in the flashbacks of the past, often made us feel clueless. Links between or among the characters were so vague and confusing. The reasons why this couple moved around from one place to another didn't seem rightly justified, since during those years, the Chinese Communist Party would not allow people freely moved around in China as they wish, and the reasons why they kept moving were so ridiculous since they were neither criminals, nor involved in some shameful scandals. This is such a ridiculously and illogically scripted movie and poorly directed, but the worst part was the poorest editing, so confusing that made the movie constantly in a clueless situation. What a lousy movie. We were fooled by those high praises about this movie, and never thought a movie could be this bad.