Review: Quitting

Quitting (IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298238/)

Quitting is a biographical docudrama about Chinese actor Hongshen Jia and his addiction do drugs. It is a true story that features the actual people acting as their own characters. What makes this film unique is that it just as much about quitting the addiction as it is about how his family is affected. It is about the sacrafice that a father makes for his son. Just as Jia reverts to drugs, his addiction stresses his father out so much that he reverts to alcohlism. One of the great subtextual themes behind this film is that it takes more than just the self to overcome addiction, it takes support from others, it takes acceptance of the self, and it takes desire to change. It can't be just one aspect it must be a composition of all of them





4 Stars (5 star scale)