Although the film is in general a character study and it goes fairly in-depth into the lives of the father and the daughter, we are still left somewhat to make up our own mind about what certain elements of both their pasts might be; a sort of fill-in-the-blanks exercise, if you will. This is good because it doesn’t spoon feed you every bit of information and it allows you to think about what the missing pieces might be.
The characters are both extremely relatable, despite the different country they are from, and very likeable. It’s probably down to the actors who play them, and again especially Henry O in particular, and the characters have believable issues and problems. How we can relate to the film perhaps has something to do with the American setting, but in any case it’s a nice aspect.
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers is a film than can bring a genuine smile to your face. It sends you away thinking about what you have just seen, including the great performances and issues it deals with, and with a certain sense of satisfaction.
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