Alicia I love this movie so much

AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

Siflutter It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Lily Schneider The film, Dearest, filmed and directed by Peter Chan, was a very difficult film to watch. Kidnapping is something that scares me so much, and so seeing these events and elements in the film made me very sad and scared. It was very interesting to see how the "adoptive" parents were almost forced to react to the situation. The "adoptive" mother grew so close to Pengpeng because she probably lost someone close to her before. I found this very sad because she was unaware of the fact that he was actually abducted by the woman's husband. I would recommend this film to anyone who enjoys a little mystery or feels a thrill in family tragedies.

Elinor I learned a lot from watching this Chinese film. I had never really heard about child abduction in China, since we do not hear about that problem there, but not only does it happen there, but it can happen anywhere. This film was unique in that, it was about a real story and events, but some parts of the film were added. This film is about a couple who lose their child, and find out that he was abducted. Peng-Peng(the little boy ) decided to wander off on his own after playing with a few of his friends, and saw his mother in the car driving away, as soon as that happened he was taken. Once Peng-Peng's dad found out that his son was abducted he panicked, and Peng-Peng's mother felt guilty, which is later explained in the film. Both of Peng-Peng's parents decided to join a group that involved people who have gone through the same situation, and they try to help families by making them feel better about their current loss, and also find ways to find the children of the families, by disguising themselves as a tour group, but often times it did not work out. It takes a while for Peng-Peng to be found, but when he is he did not recognize his parents, since he was very little when he was abducted, therefore he wanted to go back to the woman who abducted him. The only thing I did not like about this film was the end. It seemed to be very unclear and was a bit confusing. Based on this reasoning, I would rate this film a 4/5.

olrovin Dearest was a very unique, interesting movie about child abduction and the story of parents doing everything they can to find their children. I have never seen a movie from China before but I liked this one. When I think about China my first thought is about their government and communism. It was interesting to me how there was no mention of communism at all throughout the movie. It is easy to see just one side of a country when you learn about certain "defining" characteristics and harder to remember that there are millions of people in countries like China who are just trying to live their lives. This movie helped me see that Chinese people are very similar to me. It also allowed me to get an insight into what it would be like to have your child abducted and the struggle that you have to deal with even after your child is returned to you. Peng-peng had completely forgotten about his birth parents because he was abducted when he was 3; kids rarely remember anything about their lives before the age of 3 so it was probably fairly easy to adjust to his new life. Overall, I would give this movie 3.5 out of 5 stars.

Mag-N-olia Since 2004, most of Peter Chan's films were big-budget production, co-produced with China, such as Perhaps Love, Wu Xia, but lost the precious spirit he had. For Dearest, Peter Chan recovers his credit. Not only The watchable Dearest doesn't become the propaganda as most of mainland films like, but also refuse to be anti-govern picture. Dearest honestly focus on lost and return. The screenplay is good writing, but a little weak in the second part, thankfully, upgrading by unimaginable Chiu Mei (aka Zhao Wei). Additionally, Editing and Cinematography are perfect.Chen should thank to his great ensemble cast. Huang Bo proves he is not only the best comedy actor, but also an intelligent drama performer. Hao, who played Lu Xiaojuan, has the most wonderful character, a ex-wife who had cheated her ex-husband, an ill-mannered lady who destroyed her current marriage, a victim who facing the foster mother, and the heart breaking mother whose child has forget her. However, she wast the best role of the film, Hao excelled one dimension of the lost child mother. It's easy to feel sympathy for the role, however, frail it is. Surprisingly, Zhang Yi remarkable portray steal the sense. At Pangpang's birthday party, his helpless and depression should be his award moment.Undoubtedly, the greatest performance from Zhao, an underrated actress in China. Granted, she has less scenes than Huang and Hao, and the poor support by script of her part, but she control the gravity of the whole film. Zhao shows a complex and paradox humanity in a simple, low- educated personality. Her restrained and spell-blinding acting style would establish her as Chinese Ellen Burstyn.