Tockinit not horrible nor great

MoPoshy Absolutely brilliant

TaryBiggBall It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

Hulkeasexo it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.

jackasstrange Here a perfect example of a boring film.It starts out strong, the first twenty minutes or so are somehow interesting and perhaps a good character development... we have this old man, trying to deal with his loneliness, with a struggling relationship with his daughter. Then this theme lasts forever. Literally no conflicts happens in this film. All of it seems pointless, and apparently the highest point of this film is nowhere near of being interesting. This coming from someone that can stand really boring films. So i am not exaggerating about it, trust me. The boredom in this film is beyond the acceptable limits by far.Maybe i am not in the perhaps small 'targeted' group of audience of people that are 60 years old or more, but frankly, i am just warning about 99% of the people in this world that are not in the targeted audience to stay away from the film.But yeah, those who have a grandpa do know that this film is very truthful to reality. It depicts the loneliness and the struggles that a 'old' person suffers when 'changes the ambient that he/ she is used to live. Real deal here. Very realistic. But all in all, the climax don't does nothing to me. It is just about some pointless revelations explaining why the 'quiet' behavior of both the father and daughter. Not mildly interesting.The technical aspects in this film are generic at best. Not worth to mention.Skip this film and avoid an inevitable headache. 3.7/10

Claudio Carvalho The retired rocket scientist Mr. Kun Shi (Henry O) arrives in the United States of America to visit his daughter Yilan (Feihong Yu), who moved twelve years ago from China to America with her husband Keming and now is divorced. Mr. Shi tries to approach to his estranged daughter and expect to help her to find another husband. Meanwhile he befriends an Iranian old lady (Vida Ghahremani) in a park, and despite their language barrier and difficulties, they meet each other everyday. When Mr. Shi sees his daughter with the Russian Boris (Pasha D. Lychnikoff) late night, they finally have a honest conversation with each other."A Thousand Years of Good Prayers" is a pointless family drama that goes nowhere. The story has a promising beginning with the encounter of an old Chinese with his estranged daughter and with an Iranian woman, but the plot and subplots are not well resolved and are cold and emotionless. Maybe if I had had a lesser expectation, I could have liked this little film more. My vote is six.Title (Brazil): "Mil Anos de Orações" ("A Thousand Years of Prayers")

Seamus2829 The films of Wayne Wang are an acquired taste. His early films,such as 'Eat A Bowl Of Tea','Dim Sum:A Little Bit Of Heart',and his best known film 'The Joy Luck Club' are meditations on the Asian lifestyle in the United States. If your tastes are aimed at explosions,car chases, mindless teen sex romps,bathroom humour,then avoid Wang's films at all costs. If you like a well written screenplay that doesn't dwell on car chases,explosions,toilet humour & all the rest that make for just another descent into the cinematic sewer,then you just may get your groove on with the films of Wayne Wang. Here,a elderly Chinese widower comes to the U.S. to visit his adult daughter (and try to run her life), while adjusting to the American experience (or at least trying to adjust). Toss in an attempted friendship with a widow from Iran,mix in some long hidden family secrets, and we have ourselves the formula for a real human drama. The cast,mainly made up of unknowns,make this slowly paced (but never boring)drama an alternative to the formulaic Hollywood garbage that always seems to be the centre of attention at the local multiplexes. No rating,but outside of the discreet mention of extra marital affairs,nothing to offend here.

kathleen-pangan I saw the preview for A Thousand Years of Good Prayer, which shows a Chinese man talking on a park bench with an Iranian women; both have problems speaking in English but they communicate and talk about their children. I thought it would be a nice heartfelt movie about two immigrants connecting. That was a part of it... but it was a lot more than that.There is indeed a Chinese man; he is an old rocket scientist and is visiting his 30-some year old daughter in the U.S.; the problem is that they don't talk... almost at all. The setting is a pretty dull-looking suburban apartment complex, and the only thing to do is to go to a nearby park with some ducks. I had a feeling of depression throughout the whole movie. There isn't really anything momentously bad that happens in the movie; maybe it's that nothing huge happens at all and people are just not happy. It was very non-uplifting, especially as there is no clear resolution by the end. There are a couple funny parts, and some of it is pretty charming as it is a reflection of real life. However, I was expecting a very cute and fun feel-good movie, and it wasn't. It was a snippet of time in this family's life, about some pretty severe communication gaps and how difficult it is to heal a whole lifetime of lack of intimacy and hurt. Some wounds don't heal overnight, and some lessons can't be learned in a short period of time. The film has sincerely stellar acting, and it is serious in a very real way. I can't say I enjoyed the film and maybe it's because it hit too close to home, but I can say it was very good.