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33 Postcards

Play trailer Poster for 33 Postcards 2013,  1h 37m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 27% 15 Reviews Tomatometer 42% 250+ Ratings Popcornmeter
27% Tomatometer 15 Reviews 42% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
A Chinese orphan (Zhu Lin) meets her longtime Australian sponsor (Guy Pearce) and discovers that he leads a far less idyllic life than his postcards to her suggest.

Critics Reviews

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Sheri Linden Los Angeles Times May 17, 2013
2/5
Innocence meets experience, unconvincingly, in the strained redemption drama "33 Postcards." Go to Full Review
Farran Smith Nehme New York Post May 17, 2013
2/4
Were it not for the staccato bursts of violence, this Chinese-Australian co-production about how an adorable orphan brings love into the life of a hardened convict would feel like a film from Hayley Mills' heyday. Go to Full Review
Neil Genzlinger New York Times May 16, 2013
3/5
It's all in the name of heartstring tugging, and the film, directed by Pauline Chan ("Little White Lies"), does that pretty well. Go to Full Review
Ron Wilkinson Monsters and Critics May 27, 2013
8/10
Great Aussie crime thriller droops at the end but pulls through thanks to Guy Pearce. Go to Full Review
David Noh Film Journal International May 17, 2013
The "oh-so-innocent waif and big old baddie" odd-couple formula dates back to D.W. Griffith, but this muddled effort does nothing to merit its questionable revival. Go to Full Review
Jamie S. Rich Oregonian May 16, 2013
2/5
The film has a few good story turns up its sleeve, but prepare yourself for heavy melodrama in the third act. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Pauline Chan

Director

Guy Pearce

Dean Randall

Zhu Lin

Mei Mei

Claudia Karvan

Barbara

Elaine Jin

Miss Chen

Rhys Muldoon

Gary

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33 Postcards

33 Postcards (2011) Zhu Lin as Mei Mei and Guy Pearce as Dean Randall in "33 Postcards." Zhu Lin as Mei Mei in "33 Postcards." View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis A Chinese orphan (Zhu Lin) meets her longtime Australian sponsor (Guy Pearce) and discovers that he leads a far less idyllic life than his postcards to her suggest.
Director
Pauline Chan
Producer
Zhi Jiang Liu, Penny Carl-Nelson, Pauline Chan, Lesley Stevens
Screenwriter
Martin Edmond, Pauline Chan, Philip Dalkin
Distributor
Gravitas Ventures
Production Co
Portal Pictures, Zhejiang Hengdian Film Production
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 17, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 1, 2016
Runtime
1h 37m
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