"Therefore, Zhang Yimou condenses the major emotional impact to the tentative, heartwarming interactions between Yanshi and Wanyu, and both Chen Daoming and Gong Li swing for the fences with all their might and COMING HOME is a potent showcase for these two beloved thespians, both giving powerhouse performances, especially Gong Li, who has attained the stratospheric naturalness where artificial acting dissolving vanishingly into every line, expression, gesticulation and movement. Regard the way every time Chen Daoming's expectant gaze turns despondent, you can see the spark literally extinguished in his eyes, a feat conciliated appositely by Gong Li's unfeigned befuddlement, from which you can read behind her blurred memory, and she even rings the changes attuned to Wanyu's unpredictable states, including baring the bane of her misfortune in vehement defense."
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