The Road Home received positive reviews. It won two awards at the 2000 Berlin International Film Festival: the Jury Grand Prix (second best film) and Prize of the Ecumenical Jury. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film achieved an approval rating of 89% based on 80 reviews, with an average rating of 7.4/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Beautifully filmed, The Road Home is a simple touching and tender love story." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 71 out of 100 based on 25 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Praises especially went to the film's visual style and actress Zhang Ziyi's performance, which is her cinematic debut.
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The Road Home
(1999)Wo de fu qin mu qin
| Country | |
| Runtime | 1 hr 29 min |
| Premiere: World | $6 780 490 October 16, 1999 |
| USA | $1 280 490 |
| Other countries | $5 500 000 |
| Premiere: USA | $1 280 490 May 25, 2001 |
| theaters | 37 |
| rollout | 221 days |
| Digital: World | December 7, 2010 |
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| Also Known As | 我的父亲母亲 China |