The Road Home is a good movie.. but compared to other Zhang movies, its alright. I won't give it a 5 star rating. Don't get me wrong, it has everything you expect in a Zhang movie- brilliant photography, a good story line, great actors and all that... The most impressive scene in that movie is when the mom is telling the story.. and slowly black and white starts to fade.. replacing it with vivid colors of a Chinese countryside and you see this close up of youg Zhang Ziyi in her colorful clothes.. that's just brilliant. But this lacks something. You enjoy while you are watching it but it failes to leave you a lasting impression like The Red Shorghum, To Live or Ju Dou or even The Story of Qiu Jiu. I became a fan of the Fifth generation Chinese movies for their symbolism.. the symbolism, which made Zhang, Chen, Hong famous is missing in this movie or is too obvious. That's the reason, I don't give this movie a very high rating.. but, afno afno bichar ho. kaslai k , kaslai k maan parcha , hoina ta?:-) baru try some Japanese movies too. Kurawasa made some good movies.