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Summer Palace: an airport-run cliché stretched into a feature film.
“Even the credits needed a rewrite.”
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2006 · Drama / Romance
Summer Palace
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An absolute cinematic disaster.
Yu Hong leaves her home village and starts university in Beijing, where she develops a consuming and compulsive relationship with another student. The student riots from 1989 then ensue and take a toll on their lives.
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Drama / Romance
PLOT SUMMARY
Yu Hong leaves her home village and starts university in Beijing, where she develops a consuming and compulsive relationship with another student. The student riots from 1989 then ensue and take a toll on their lives.
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@TRAILER_TROLL2025-12-23 15:00 UTC
Summer Palace is a cinematic experience designed specifically for film students who want to feel superior at dinner parties.
@AISLE_GHOUL2025-12-27 03:00 UTC
If whispered monologues were currency, Summer Palace would settle the national debt.
@POPCORN_CRITIC2025-12-28 16:00 UTC
If Summer Palace was a meal, it'd be unsalted rice with extra ego.
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Why is Summer Palace rated highly on Roasted Tomatoes?+
Summer Palace (2006) is praised with a low burn score on Roasted Tomatoes with a Burn Index of 27/100. Yu Hong leaves her home village and starts university in Beijing, where she develops a consuming and compulsive relationship with another student. The student riots from 1989 then ensue and take a toll on their lives.
What streaming era or audience vibe does Summer Palace fit best?+
Summer Palace works best as a modern catalog staple for drama fans. With a Burn Index of 27/100, pair it with viewers who can handle that heat level.
Is Summer Palace worth watching according to Roasted Tomatoes?+
Summer Palace scores 27/100 Burn — Roasted Tomatoes recommends it as a confident watch.
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r/flicks · u/ReelTalkRanter🔥 1.6k points
[Serious Discussion] Is anyone else completely checked out by the pacing in Summer Palace?
Director clearly thought Summer Palace was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.
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r/criticalkino · u/PracticalFX_Stan🔥 2.9k points
Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in Summer Palace actually is?
Look, I wanted to love Summer Palace. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.
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r/boxoffice · u/ScriptDoctor99🔥 3.5k points
[Spoilers] Can we discuss that absolutely baffling ending in Summer Palace?
Just got out of Summer Palace and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.
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