Pablo This film follows the story of two divorced parents searching for their abducted child. One of the most interesting aspects of this film to me was the fact that there was very little character development throughout the story. The film focused a lot more on the actual plot and extreme minutia than the characters themselves. All we really know about the father of the abducted child, PengPeng, was the fact that he worked at an internet cafe. The mother? she worked in some nice building. The wife of the abductor was a farmer who became very attached to the children. We don't even meet the abductor in the film because he supposedly died. The plot line however, gets pretty complex and deep. The foster mother of PengPeng and another girl is a farmer who thinks she is infertile, because her husband told her that she was as an excuse to go sleep with other women. PengPeng's parents find him and take him back. PengPeng, his birth parents, the farmer, and the other girl are in the police station when the decision is made to give PengPeng back to his real parents. They put the girl in an orphanage and the farmer woman is determined to get her back. She manages to find a lawyer and fights PengPeng's birth mother over custody. The end of the movie is very interesting and leaves many questions unanswered. The court decision hasn't been made because PengPeng's mother is mid divorce and the farmer is believed to not be legally able to adopt a child based on income, etc. We also find out that the farmer ends up getting pregnant after sleeping with a construction worker, proving that she was indeed fertile all along and that her husband lied to her. In general, the plot was pretty confusing and hard to follow. Also, the fact that the movie was 2h15m long didn't necessarily help

Lily Schneider The film, Dearest, filmed and directed by Peter Chan, was a very difficult film to watch. Kidnapping is something that scares me so much, and so seeing these events and elements in the film made me very sad and scared. It was very interesting to see how the "adoptive" parents were almost forced to react to the situation. The "adoptive" mother grew so close to Pengpeng because she probably lost someone close to her before. I found this very sad because she was unaware of the fact that he was actually abducted by the woman's husband. I would recommend this film to anyone who enjoys a little mystery or feels a thrill in family tragedies.

magilroy Dearest, a Chinese made movie by director Peter Chan, tells the true story of a family who's son was abducted. The movie begins with the introduction of the family which consists of divorced parents and a single, toddler son, PengPeng. The son is promptly abducted after leaving the safety of his father. The parents spend the next three years looking for their son, and they eventually join a support group of people who also had children abducted. With the help of this group, the parents find their son in a rural, farming town. Unfortunately, the couple come to learn that their son has formed a with his abductor mother. Through legal battles and more emotional fighting, PengPeng is awarded back to the parents and the abductor mother is left fighting for her daughter, who was also abducted. This movie contains a lot of drama and sad moments. It was very sad to watch a son who both did not recognize his real mother or his father. In my opinion, the ending was very abrupt and could have used a better closing. I give this movie a 4 out of 10 rating because I really did not enjoy it overall, and it was much too slow for my tastes.

thmurphy-37414 Dearest is a very good film that gives you the look on Child Abduction with a happier ending. This review will have many spoilers, but mainly focussing on what I thought was important. It all starts with a divorced husband and wife and their son. They argue with each other, and eventually, one day their son, Pengpeng is taken by an abductor who then brings him to a farm, which we later find out. The parents handle this just like everyone else would. They eventually join a group that helps with losing a child due to abduction, and that helps them cope with a joint feeling between the group members of remaining to search for their children. I am also interested to find out the number of families that actually do find their child after 3 years of searching. Anyways, when Pengpeng is finally found he does not recognize his parents anymore, and wants to go back to his abducted parent's home, which he believes to be his real home. You need to see the movie to know the rest, but I feel this movie did a great job explaining the whole process. The one thing I am questioning though is how Pengpeng's second Mom did not know of how she obtained the children that were brought to her by her husband. Dearest is a very good movie, and I recommend you see it.