Parent reviews for The Flowers of War

Visually beautiful film. Good story line with unexpected acts of heroism during a desperate and savage period of chinese history. Some shockingly violent scenes even if never gratuitous . Positive and negative sides of human sexuality are very present but as with the violence, it is never gratuitous and is indeed in some appropriate scenes shown with sensitivity and aesthetically

I think it's a movie which reflecting the brutality of Japanese soildiers when Nanking is occupied by them;

I was expecting a movie about pretty flowers. This is not what I had in mind.