『壹』 求電影《刮痧》影評 英文版的
Gua Sha (The Treatment) shows how a person's cultural beliefs are so deeply set within oneself that it is usually impossible to examine why you do most anything, from how you dress and talk to whom you love and respect and how you show it. The invisible nature of one's cultural beliefs also makes it difficult to impossible to explain yourself to others when questioned. Da Tong experiences an excruciatingly painful and difficult struggle while trying to protect his son, an ordeal that forces him to examine the validity of some of the most vital things he thought he knew about his identity, his Chinese culture, and the new American world he'd chosen as his home.
The movie showed me how normal it is for people to look for ways that their culture is superior to others' and how the misunderstandings arising from different cultural perspectives can seem very large, but can be nullified with simple, 2-sided explanations when people are willing to listen.
It appears this film is not readily available in the USA, but it's the best I've seen at highlighting the differences between American and Chinese culture. Parts of the movie's dialog are only in Chinese and I've yet to find a DVD with English subtitles, although it's easy to get the gist of what's going on ring those short passages. The credits are a combination of Chinese and English, holding true to the integration of both worlds. I've noticed some important roles are not credited here on IMDb, such as Judge Horowitz, who was played by Alexander Barton.
『貳』 求刮痧英文影評
一些找到的評論，看一下吧。
THE TREATMENT (GUA SHA)
by Rich Cline
A Chinese film shot completely on location in St. Louis, this is an off-beat hybrid that never quite works, even though it has a worthy and intriguing central premise. A young, successful Chinese immigrant couple (Tony Leung Ka Fai and Jiang Wenli) give their 5-year-old son (Dennis Zhu) a painless, ancient Chinese treatment called gua sha, which leaves marks on the boy's back. This alerts the authorities, who take the child away and charge the parents with abuse and neglect. Numerous court hearings ensue, followed by lots of overwrought melodrama, which will probably please Eastern audiences much more than Western ones. The acting is uneven (the Asian cast is superb; most of the Americans are, frankly, awful), as are the proction values (very slick camera work sits at odds with a cheesy musical score). First-time director Zheng Xiaolong will probably find success back home with this cautionary tale of life in the Promised Land. But few Americans or Europeans will take its TV movie-of-the-week sensibilities very seriously.
Review by Rich Cline
Gua Sha had its world premiere at the St Louis International Film Festival
A compelling tale of culture clash in middle America, Gua Sha centres on a young Chinese couple (Leung and Jiang) who immigrate to St Louis with their bright young son (Zhu), who they're raising to be a proper American. Then a doctor treating the boy for a minor bump notices strange scarring on his back, social services step in to protect the child and a legal battle ensues, dragging the parents through the courts to prove them as abusive and neglectful, which of course they're not. The marks are from an ancient (and painless) Chinese medical treatment called gua sha.
OK, so it's not much more than a made-for-TV premise, and the filmmaking is pretty tame in many respects, tracing the obvious melodramatic storyline from the family's delirious happiness through the most bleak darkness imaginable. First-time director Zheng has an excellent technical crew behind him, but the performances are extremely uneven (the Asian cast is superb; most Yanks seem like they're from a local amateur theatre group). And finally, the cheesy musical score combines with overwrought plot points to alienate Western viewers, leaving us quite intrigued by the themes and story possibilities, but disappointed by the film itself.
East Asian medicine, 9 July 2004
Author: arya-5 ([email protected]) from New York, NY
Gua Sha, known as kerik in Indonesia, Cao Gio in Vietnam (see Harvey Keitel's The Three Seasons) and khoud lam in Laos is a legitimate and effective therapy. In Asia it is usually done with a coin, Chinese soup spoon, slice of water buffalo horn, or even a slice of ginger. A simple cap with a rounded edge is quite good to use and available in most homes in the West. It was not commonly done with wood, but if smooth and the right edge it could be. There is a teaching text in English called Gua Sha. A Traditional Technique for Modern Practice, and a teaching video: Gua Sha: Step-by-Step, by Arya Nielsen.If an acupuncturist is trained in Classical Chinese medicine, they will do this technique in their practice for pain, and for acute or chronic illness.
2009年的評論
Gua Sha - The Treatment (2001)
EmailWritten by pppatty on Jan-29-09 3:32am
From: pppatty.blogspot.com
Life is full of surprises. I religiously scour the German television scheles (which I receive by satellite) for oddities, particularly on the German/French arts channel Arte. I have found most of my silent collection there; for example, last week they showed a 2007 restoration of Intolerance (1916) and their selection of unusual cinema is matchless. The only problem with them (and all of the other German channels) is their propensity for overbbing rather than relying on subtitles.
I noticed the above Taiwanese film in the afternoon scheles and didn't bother to check it out; I just noted that it was starring Tony Leung and I assumed it would be something pretty special. Well for a start it wasn't the Tony Leung of the recent Wong Kar Wai and Ang Lee films but the actor of the same name who starred in "The Lover" (1992), who is also a fine actor but not the one I was expecting. The next surprise is that this was a modern-day drama, set and filmed in St. Louis, Missouri and written primarily in English, which led to the very pleasant surprise that the movie was not bbed but used German subtitles for the dialogue which switched between English and Mandarin (and I was able to cope with these for the brief non-English dialogue).
But enough about the background: the final surprise was how involving the story was. Leung plays a prize-winning computer game designer, who, together with his equally intelligent wife and US-born 6-year son, is trying to assimilate into the American life style and the American dream. He has brought over his non-English-speaking father from the mainland and hopes to obtain a green card for him. When the child falls at home and is taken to hospital for stitches, the doctors note the extreme bruising on his back and conclude that he has been abused; and the do-gooder social workers immediately remove the cosseted child from his home and very loving parents. All attempts to explain that the bruising is the result of an ancient Chinese health treatment known as Gua Sha -- and in fact administered by the grandfather -- do not impress the ignorant court and they deem the child permanently at risk. The Child Services lawyer takes pleasure in presenting the father as a violent man -- based on the kind of games he designs -- and provokes him into losing his temper in court which hardly helps his case. I don't want to go on to explain how this situation develops and how it resolves itself, even if the film does not appear to be on DVD at present, as the possible spoilers are many. I will just mention that the penultimate scenes involve Leung in a Santa Claus suit climbing up the drainpipe to the family's ninth floor apartment with a toy monkey in his arm -- real heart in your throat action. I could do with a lot more surprises like this one.
當前紐約時報網站的記錄。
Directed by: Zheng Xiaolong
Cast: Tony Leung Ka-fai, Zhu Xu, Jiang Wenli, Dennis Zhu
Rating: NR
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Hong Kong indie film icon Tony Leung stars in this Chinese proction about cultural misunderstanding and intolerance. Datong (Leung) is a patrician of a St. Louis Chinese-American family and a designer of violent video games. When Datong's father (Zhu Xu) visits from China, he performs some traditional Chinese medicine on his young grandson. Though painless, the treatment leaves bright red marks on the skin, which are interpreted by the kid's teacher as welts. Soon the Child Welfare Agency is accusing the family of child abuse and transfers the kid to a foster home. This film was screened at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
『叄』 求 電影 刮痧 的英文觀後感 20分
初看名字，以為是倫理片，刮痧，中國一門醫學上傳統的手藝，在兩千多年的歷史長河裡，一直穩穩健健地在中國大地上繁衍生息，然而有一天，它出現在自由民主的美國社會中，便被人誤解，以至於上演了一場家庭的悲歡離合，可喜的是梁家輝將父親角色演繹的動人心弦，蔣雯麗也以一貫的熒幕形象幾乎是本色出演，很准確的把握了作為妻子的恨、愛、心碎與心疼，只是在母親的角色上稍稍淡化了些。當不得不以分居為條件來換回孩子時，妻子毅然「惡狠狠」地轉身「I agree!」當事情逼迫地不得不真的要丈夫離開時，妻子心疼地抱著丈夫不忍心丈夫一個人生活。從丈夫在法庭上被敵人激怒地掉進了別人的圈套開始，妻子的氣憤到後來的瘋狂最後的心灰，像是個妻子對丈夫地無奈～因為她知道，丈夫的任何錶現都會讓孩子離自己越來越遠。
梁家輝在裡面是個可以把自己割裂開來只要孩子回到自己的身邊的父親，而淡化了丈夫的角色，跟隨著事情地進展，電影一步一步推向高潮，在法庭上被』敵人』逼得控制不住情緒，為別人指責他是個不負責任的父親而氣憤，為別人褻瀆中國的傳統文化而憤慨！事情向不利的方向進展，他怪自己的朋友，恨美國的不兼容！在美國生活的8年裡，遇到了多少困難與艱辛，多少不易與挫折，他忍受了，堅持了，但是這一次，他再也無法妥協，他站起來抵抗！站起來作戰！因為他們奪去的是自己的孩子，自己的骨肉！所以他的不理智行為我們都是可以理解的。
影片有個幾個亮點，其中之一便是父親載著孩子在馬路上和警察追逐，與其說追逐，不如說是為了孩子，孩子什麼都不懂，他覺得好玩，所以父親可以什麼都不在乎，忘卻一切地滿足孩子的快樂！只是車終究要停下來，他們的家庭要面對的噩夢依然存在。夫妻分居了，孩子終於回到了家裡，只是父親離開了，父與子不能相見，妻子去看望頹廢的丈夫，一起喝烈酒，讓酒精刺痛喉嚨麻醉身體。他們想吶喊想反抗可是不能，只有讓所有的委屈所有的憤恨往肚子里咽。
本來父親想帶著孩子和爺爺一起逃回中國，但是爺爺堅決地說：不能這樣做！生活就是這樣，什麼事情都可能發生，你躲是躲不開的。
什麼事情都可能發生，一語道破這個事件的玄機！不能躲不能逃，我們對家人的愛，成為我們接受一切不幸的勇氣。
因為愛，父親打扮成聖誕老人，從下水道上爬回自己的家裡。幸好，故事有個圓滿的結局。沒有讓人失望與遺憾。
這部電影以中西方的文化差異為背景，除了表現父子夫妻之間的不容割裂的愛之外，還讓人看到了中國人的骨氣，也是一個成功之處。
At first sight name, thought it was ethical film, Gua Sha, Chinese traditional medicine a craft, in the long river of 2000 years of history, has remained robust health in China's vast territory to survive, but one day, it appears in a free and democratic American society, they have been misunderstood, so staged a family joys and sorrows, good news is that Tony Leung will perform the role of the father moving chord, Jiang Wenli also consistent screen image of the character is almost starred in, it is an accurate grasp of as his wife's hate, love, heart-broken and distressed, but the roles of mother to play down a little a bit. When forced to separation as the conditions in exchange for a child, his wife resolutely, "fiercely" to turn "I agree!" When things forced to have to really want to leave her husband, the wife painfully holding her husband could not bear her husband a life . From her husband in court infuriated the enemy fall into the trap of others start to his wife's anger was crazy the last disheartened, like a wife to her husband in frustration ~ because she knew her husband would let children of any performance from their own farther and farther.
Tony Leung Ka Fai is on the inside can be cut off from their return to their side as long as the child's father, but played down the role of her husband, with things progressing with the film step by step to a climax, the court was 'the enemy' forced control do not live mood, for others accused him of being an irresponsible father angry, for others the desecration of China's traditional culture indignation! Matter to the negative direction, he blame his friends, hate the United States, is not compatible! Living in the U.S. eight years, has encountered many difficulties and hardships, the number of difficult and setbacks he enred, and upheld, but this time he could no longer compromise, he could stand up and resist! Stand up and fight! Because they take away is that their children, their own flesh and blood! So he's irrational behavior we are all understandable.
Film has a few bright spots, one of which is the father carrying a child on the road and the police chase, chasing so much as it is for our children, the children do not understand anything, he felt fun, so the father can not care about anything, forgetting all the way to meet the children's joy! Only a car will eventually be stopped, their families have to face the nightmare still exist. Separated spouses, the child has finally returned home, but his father left, Father and Son can not meet, the wife went to see the decadent husband, along with drinking alcohol, so alcohol tingling throat anesthesia body. They want to cry want to resist, but can not, and only if all of the grievances of all the anger inside the pharynx to the stomach.
Originally his father and grandfather would like to take the kids went back to China together, but the grandfather firmly said: can not be done! Life is this way, anything can happen, you hide are not immune to the.
Anything can happen, laying bare the untold stories behind this event! Can not escape can not hide, we are the love of his family, acceptance of all the misfortunes of our courage.
Because of love, the father dressed as Santa Claus, from the sewer climbed back to his own home. Fortunately, the story has a happy ending. He did not disappoint and regret.
The film is in the context of Western cultural differences, in addition to the performance of his son can not be split between husband and wife's love, he also seen the Chinese people's moral integrity, but also a success.
『肆』 求一篇400字左右的電影《刮痧》英文觀後感，體現中西方文化差異，語法不用太准確，高中生水平即可
《刮痧》這部電影重點不是講怎麼刮痧，刮痧有什麼好處，而是講因為刮痧致使一個家庭經歷具體的苦難。電腦游戲設計師許大同與妻子簡寧在美國奮鬥了8年，事業有成。一次意外卻令美好的家庭變得愁雲慘霧：5歲的兒子生病了，老父親用傳統的中國民間刮痧幫孫子治病。大同夫妻繼而被控告虐待兒童，一個又一個物證人證令夫妻倆百口莫辯，西醫根本無法了解這種傳統中國療法。因為這件事，父子與夫妻都不得已的分開了。聖誕節那天，門衛不讓大同去家裡見簡寧和他兒子，無奈之下，他只好冒著生命危險爬水管爬上九樓，並在那晚法院撤銷了對撫養孩子的審判，最終皆大歡喜。
觀看這部電影時，給我最大的感觸就是中西文化的差異。老父親是愛他的孫子的，他孫子生病了老父親給他刮痧，在背上留下的痕跡卻被人認為是這孩子受了虐待，這是美國人不懂得刮痧是什麼造成的；對待孩子的問題上，中國人將孩子當做是自己的私人財產，可以隨時對孩子進行管教，但在美國，孩子卻被當成是社會財產，一旦孩子受了傷害，孩子的父母就會被剝奪撫養權，由兒童福利中心進行養育，在大同的頒獎會上，他的兒子打了他老闆的兒子，大同讓他兒子道歉，但他卻不道歉，大同打了一下他兒子的頭，大同認為這是對他老闆的尊重，當然，中國人大多都是這樣，在不分三七二十一先打了自己的孩子再說，這表示自己沒有教養好，打孩子是對別人的尊重，但美國人卻不這么認為，他的老闆看到大同打他兒子表示很驚訝，並且認為教養孩子跟尊重他人沒有關系。大同為了給他的父親辦綠卡，在聽證會上說了是他給他的兒子刮痧的，老父親知道了這件事後，他自己一個人到了大同老闆昆蘭的家裡，跟他講了是他刮痧的，而不是大同，昆蘭問簡寧為什麼大同要說是他刮痧的，簡寧回了他一句：因為他是中國人。這些都是中西文化碰撞後產生的火花！
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『伍』 求一篇英文的《刮痧》影評，急用，謝謝了
Impression On the Film Gua Sha Treatment
"Person in the United States, it is very difficult to blend into local culture." I read in the circle to be optimistic about the film "Gua Sha," after the greatest feeling. With the advance of the screen, the interpretation of the story, an American of Chinese society now ran the family encountered.
After years of hard work, Xu Datong, a Chinese immigrant to the US, has finally achieved success as an outstanding video game designer. With his promising career and loving family, he feels he has become a true American. Datong』s father comes over from China, and uses a traditional Chinese medical technique, called guasha, to treat Datong`s son, Dennis. Unexpectedly, an American doctor thinks the bruises on Dennis` back left by the guasha treatment are signs of child abuse, and the finger is pointed at Datong. The Treatment is a moving portrayal of the enormous gulfs between cultures and their possible repercussion between cultures and their possible repercussions.
The film 「Gua Sha-the Treatment」 reflects the difference of value and culture views between western society and orient society. China society has been receiving impact of Confucianism for thousands years. Confucianism is known as paying regard to human relationship and ethic. Piety, courtesy and loyalism are most important ethic. But in Western culture which is more emphasis on indivialism, independence and equality. So conflicts in culture and value are unavoidable. These conflicts have shown in the story.
In Chinese culture, physical punishment is commonly used by Chinese family. They think this will help to growing up. But in western society it is absolutely forbidden. Any abusing children was viewed as illegal conct. As to show respect to friends, Da Tong Xu punished his own son physically in front of friends. But this was misinterpreted as violence by his foreign friends. This is a misunderstanding in culture between East and West.
How to avoid the tragedy of the story? We must strengthen the East-West cultural exchange and learning, and only with respect to different cultures and inclusive will it be possible to avoid the culture and values of conflict.
『陸』 關於電影《刮痧》的影評，這個用英文怎麼翻譯，英文中有書名號么
又名: Gua Sha Treatment / Gua Sha
2009年3月11日晚慕名觀看了鄭曉龍導演的《刮痧》。或許先前是在CCTV-6看過此片的影評，所以並沒有像小穎同學那樣感動的從頭哭到尾，不過不可否認這是一部成功的電影。
眾大家皆言這是一部反映中美文化差異的電影，我卻更傾向於將它理解為一部將中國文化、道德觀和價值觀傳承的作品。片中大同在功成名就之時將久居北京的知識分子老爹接至美國並准備為其申請綠卡，其間對美國的「聾啞」生活和升華的刮痧事件最終讓老人離開聖路易斯，還有裡面一些細節是反映兩國文化的巨大差異的，但我認為這不是主線。從一開始簡寧意欲為丹丹營造一個英語環境到片尾與大同一起教丹丹說普通話，這條草蛇灰線般一直潛伏的簡寧的心理變化，我認為它才能表現出這部電影的主旨。
先截取影片中的一些片斷來看這部電影吧。（以下並不全為支持我的觀點,僅是我對一些片斷的看法）
片斷一：
來看看許大同先生的獲獎感言：「八年前我還是一個新移民，站在街頭賣畫為生，不過我相信，只要努力，總有一天會成為你們中的一員，一個真正的、成功的美國人。今天，這個獎證明了，美國是個充滿機會的地方......我愛你們，我愛美國，這就是我的美國之夢...」這是一段真實的陳述，但這般的喜悅之下隱逸著的危機將在後面出現，這個真正的美國人卻不是已經完全美國化，這是先將故事提到一定的高度，隨著事件的發展再狠狠地砸下……
片斷二：
不得不說的是大同晚宴上對丹尼斯的教育，這點上，大同完全體現出來的是一個中國式父親，關掉電游，拍打丹尼斯腦袋，這一系列的動作正是我們在中國這大環境下所常看到的。我想作為美國人的昆蘭產生疑惑不解是很正常的，這一點被拿來作為文化差異的佐證。
片斷三：
老霍的出現到老霍的結束總共只出現了三件事：工作，生活，死亡。在晚宴上扮演兵馬俑說明老霍窮困潦倒，工作不穩定，經濟來源就是接一下這樣的活；生活中的消遣就是賭場賭博，賭博的規則是淺顯易懂的，這說明老霍的生活也就大眾的，淺層的，是未能融入美國社會中的。賺著微薄的工資，在賭場中揮霍，最後死於心臟病。老霍的出現到結束也就是給老爹的回國預留伏筆，在老爹心裡已經不能承受客死他鄉的沉痛。
片斷四：
大同在聽證會上的震怒應該給很多人驚訝，在法官面前怎麼可意氣用事？但是想一想，當一個潑皮般的人在你面前搬弄是非詆毀祖國的文化，你會怎麼樣？拍案而起，怒發沖冠...這個不是文化的差異，但是似乎不得不說，因為這段涉及了對文化的解讀。
片斷五：
對老霍墓碑的獨白，是對文化差異的總結，從此以後再沒有寫文化差異的片斷，這段給我很深的感觸，呼應前篇。對大同的一番話「你想逃跑嗎？......生活就是這樣，什麼事情都可能發生，你躲是躲不開的....」這便又是中國思想的衍生，這是老父親對兒子的教育，又是一次傳承。
片斷六：
開車回福利院，途中警察圍追堵截，而大同平穩駛車，「從容地」在逃亡中享受父子團聚的片刻快樂，這段便是本片中歡快的一段。注意到在孩子睡著後大同的表情了么？大同欣慰的微笑變成了緊皺的眉頭，這是大同的無奈，是只能在孩子背後流露出的無奈。
片斷七：
大同的生活出租屋裡一片狼藉。一個破碎的家庭，不是因為自己而是因為制度，這可笑的原因正是讓大同無奈的原因，生活失去了方向。簡寧與其一起飲酒，嘲諷自己也是出於同樣的原因，最後大同悲痛的說「不許這樣說」，這是對美國生活的吶喊。
一個很想說的人物----簡寧進門前的那個妓女，出現的鏡頭只有驚艷的回眸一瞥，那輕蔑的眼神不屑的看著簡寧經過。這是一個悲劇的角色，出來美國卻淪落為妓，而不是像大同所說的那樣成為一個成功的美國人，這也是一種無奈。
片斷八：
很明顯我要寫大結局了，最後「聖誕老人」爬水管上演驚險一幕...一家三口緊擁在一起享受團聚，導演選擇用聖誕節這樣的節日不僅僅是可以讓許大同有一個可以偽裝的形象，也是為了說明中國的團聚文化在西方的節日里也可以出現，這就涉及到了文化的廣義性，及一個大同世界。
當然簡寧的心理作為隱線我就不說了，這也是我無法敘述的，只可自己體會的。
在我結束這篇文章之前我還要寫一點有建設性的東西。個人認為此片電影的一些名字取得確實有些想表達中心旨意的意思，看。
刮痧，就是利用刮痧器具，刮試經絡穴位，通過良性刺激，充分發揮營衛之氣的作用，使經絡穴位處充血，改善局部微循環，起到祛除邪氣，疏通經絡，舒筋理氣，驅風散寒，清熱除濕，活血化瘀，消腫止痛，以增強機體自身潛在的抗病能力和免疫機能，從而達到扶正祛邪，防病治病的作用。 文化差異在影片中算是一種瘀病，需要刮痧才能一個經脈的兩端連在一起，活血化瘀的作用，亦可以理解成祖一輩的文化受到阻隔，需要刮痧颳去隔閡才能有一個文化的傳承繼續下去。
另《禮記·禮運·大道之行也》大道之行也，天下為公。選賢與能，講信修睦，故人不獨親其親，不獨子其子，使老有所終，壯有所用，幼有所長，矜寡孤獨廢疾者，皆有所養。男有分，女有歸。貨，惡其棄於地也，不必藏於己；力，惡其不出於身也，不必為己。是故，謀閉而不興，盜竊亂賊而不作，故外戶而不閉，是謂大同。這就是為什麼給主人公起「大同」的原因吧------「世界大同」。
『柒』 誰有電影《刮痧》的英文影評啊！急
Masterpiece on Cultural misunderstandings
Author: zzmale
Gua Sha is a treatment in traditional oriental medicine in which a wooden board repeatedly slides across the patient's acupuncture/acupressure/massage points. It works in similar principles like that of acupuncture/acupressure/massage. This method would inevitably leave bruise on the skin, and the story begins here, when the visiting grandpa who does not speak any English used this traditional practice to treat the grandson when both son and daughter-in-law were at work.
Sadly, in US, this is a story that repeats itself many times in the area where many oriental immigrants lives and all of these are e to simple misunderstanding between cultures.
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『捌』 求《刮痧》的英語影評
電影《刮痧》的放映有如老火煲靚湯，時間愈久愈見滋味。日前，該片京城影院二輪放映的票房成績迅速超過首輪，使得《刮痧》北京票房總額超過220萬元。並且該片放映後勁悠長的狀況，不僅在北京地區有表現，上海、南京、深圳、廣州等地，《刮痧》的放映也同樣是「有滋有味」，目前該片全國首輪票房已達900多萬元，據發行單位保守預計，待《刮痧》放映全部下片，票房有望攀升到1300萬元，創下國產電影票房的好成績。
記得不久前《刮痧》首輪放映結束後的第二天，京城電影業內人士還就該片發行放映結果進行了一個「國產優秀電影發行放映研討會」。與會者並未對《刮痧》京城首輪放映票房過百萬元的成績彈冠相慶，而是作出反思，認為該片應執行非常規發行方案，譬如拍賣該片首映權，在取得首映權的影院先期放映，通過一段時間的放映，用觀眾口碑漸漸「烘」熱市場，再全線鋪開上映獲取預期票房；增加能夠體現影片最佳品質的英文原聲拷貝，減少配音版本拷貝的投放等措施。故而，該片最終實行的保守操作，導致《刮痧》北京票房雖好卻未達預期。
不過，值得欣慰的是，這部品質精良的影片，終於在一段時間放映後，為觀眾漸漸認識和喜愛。在3月8日開始為期一周多時間的二輪放映中，即創下國產電影二輪放映票房迅速趕超首輪的紀錄。據悉，臨近二輪放映快結束的3月13日和14日，《刮痧》零售和團體票都還賣得火熱。華星(原澳華)影院鄭總為此驚嘆連連：「《刮痧》放映越來越好的勢頭，影院原來也有一定估計，但現在是好得出乎意料，如果拷貝條件允許的話，我們打算再放一段時間。」去年全國影院票房第一名的上海環藝影城此次放映《刮痧》，在不到一個月內票房就超了50萬元，影城經理林琦對該片信心十足：「《刮痧》放了這么長時間，到現在第四個周末過了還這樣火爆，在國產電影的放映中是鮮見的。目前排片的打算，我們起碼要把它排至4月上旬。」新影聯影業公司有關方面負責人高軍，這會兒也舒展了眉頭：「《刮痧》應該有這樣的好收成。二輪放映的效果證明，好片子的『好』，確實得給觀眾一個反應和發現的時間。」
本片是梅爾 吉卜森主演又一部具有史詩背景的影片，創作人員陣容強大，劇本由《拯救大兵瑞恩》的編劇羅撥特?路戴執筆，導演則是《獨立日》《酷斯拉》的羅蘭德?伊馬利奇，是今年好萊塢的一部重頭大片。
影片在南北戰爭中的一些真實歷史事件的基礎上進行了藝術加工，其中男主人公本傑明?馬丁以及他的兒子等人物都在歷史上卻有其人。梅爾 吉卜森在片中飾演男主角本傑明?馬丁，一個美國獨立戰爭期間的英雄，早期曾經為殖民擴張而戰，後來對戰爭產生了厭惡，直到轟轟烈烈的美國南北戰爭的戰火燒到了家門口，才逼他又投身到了美國人民追求自由和民主的斗爭中。梅爾?吉卜森自己透露，原來他父親早年也是個反戰份子，因打過仗深知戰爭的慘烈，所以為了避免梅爾吉勃遜捲入越戰，才舉家遷往澳大利亞，因此在詮釋這一角色時自然有切身的體會。飾演梅爾吉勃遜的大兒子傑布列的是曾在《關於你的10件事》（10 Things I Hate About You）挑大樑的新星希斯萊傑（Heath Ledger）。
這部影片在真實再現歷史方面下了大功夫，為求寫實並呈現最原始的場舭，製作小組還特地與「史密斯松尼」機構合作，「史密斯松尼」機構相當於我們常說的歷史博物館，專門研究和保存美國的歷史文化，而導演也將拍攝場舭移至當時發生獨立戰爭的地點南卡羅萊納州，並依照十八世紀的建築樣式在當地重建一座城鎮，甚至還研究南卡羅萊納州所種的樹木，可見導演的用心程度。
『玖』 電影《刮痧》觀後感——英文版
Gua Sha is a movie about the differences between American and Chinese culture. Xu datong is a video games designer in St. Louis. When his father visits from China, he performs Gua Sha (a Chinese traditional treatment) on his grandson, which leaves bright red marks on the skin and causes a lawsuit of child abuse. In the court, Datong loses his mind so that finally he loses custody of his son. I think this scene is shocking and thought-provoking to most of the Chinese audiences. But the most impressing scene to me is the ending. Datong wants to see his son in Christmas eve, he has to climb a pipe to the ninth floor which his son lives. I think the pipe is not only a pipe, but also a gap, a deep gap between American and 5000-year Chinese culture. He wants to climb over the gap and he will never succeed, perhaps no Chinese people really could succeed.