A Chinese emperor is gladdened by the song of the nightingale and is moved to play his own song. One day, the Japanese send a music box with a mechanical bird; the nightingale feels rejected and leaves.
Hans Christian Andersen
United States
So, is it worth your time? Honestly, it depends on how much patience you have for old, stiff storytelling. If you like your movies feeling like a dusty book pulled off a shelf that hasn't been touched in forty years, you’ll probably find this charming. If you want something that actually moves along, you are going to b...
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Rudolf Ising
Hal Roach
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"So, is it worth your time? Honestly, it depends on how much patience you have for old, stiff storytelling. If you like your movies feeling like a dusty book pulled off a shelf that hasn't been touched in forty years, you’ll probably find this charming. If you want something that actually moves along, you are going to be bored out of your mind within ten minutes. The whole thing feels like a stage play where everyone forgot to breathe. There’s this strangely cold energy to the emperor’s palace t..."
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