Dean Randall has sponsored a young Chinese orphan Mei Mei for many years, when she arrives in Sydney out of the blue to thank him, their lives are changed forever.
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| Guy Pearce | ... | Dean Randall | |
| Zhu Lin | ... | Mei Mei | |
| Claudia Karvan | ... | Barbara | |
| Elaine Jin | ... | Miss Chen | |
| Rhys Muldoon | ... | Gary | |
| Lincoln Lewis | ... | Carl | |
| Terry Serio | ... | Fletch | |
| Matt Nable | ... | Tommy (as Matthew Nable) | |
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Kain O'Keeffe | ... | Dave |
| Claire Scott | ... | Ruby | |
| Clayton Watson | ... | Brian | |
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Xiang-Yun Lin | ... | Miss Fong |
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Gary Xu | ... | Orphanage Worker |
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Colin Burkenshaw | ... | Deputy Director |
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Thomas Jackson | ... | Constable Dillon |
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Mei Mei (Zhu Lin) a 16 yr old Chinese orphan dreams of nothing more than being part of the 'perfect' family. When her orphanage travels to Australia to par-take in The Australian Choir Festival Mei Mei takes the opportunity to find her Australian Sponsor Dean Randall (Guy Pearce). However what she finds is far from what he depicted. Initially mismatched and disconnected the two begin a journey in search of belonging, family, redemption, love and acceptance. Written by TITAN VIEW
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This film was beautifully conceived, and started well. The characters are deft, subtle, and well-played by the excellent cast.
Leading into the last act, though, the characters start behaving erratically, with no discernible motivation. Sadly, the movie overall fails to recover, and it ends up being a frustrating experience. A great deal of potential, squandered in an apparent attempt to generate conflict, which in the end feels unbelievable.
Worth a watch, if you like any of the actors in particular, as their performances are still quite good, even from newcomer Zhu Lin as the delightfully naive-yet-savvy Mei Mei ("Little Sister").