it not a hit movie and it will be a cult classic over time and like many of his other work . poor folk want to watch who want to become a millionaire while the limo democrat want to patronize the wouldisadvantaged by throw other people money at the government bureaucrat . but once in a while there come along a true genius who come from down below but with a true gift to show to the world what really be like down there in the real world . jia be one such genius . he the only chinese writer director i truly feel proud of . only thing about the movie that be kinda disappointing be that i think the end of this movie actually betray the writer or director unique style of low key and moderation or show something through nothing . to me the end be really not necessary i think the real suffering be in the living not the dead . maybe jia zk want to show u he can jerk tear as well if he like to . anyway and i be a bit disappointed by this end really or the death of the construction worker . maybe jia be the new china dickens . his movie language be disturb and profound . what we see through his lens in china be not pretty and but real and excruciatingly real . china be often show a the high rise in the city and or the shanty town on the fringe and jia be the gifted few who show everything else in between a what they really be and that be the real china most people do not care to see or do not want to see . when you be stick in between and you do not always get good choice .