The Straits Times

Dear You free screenings for SPH Media’s Chinese Media Group readers, listeners from July 2 to 5

SINGAPORE – Moviegoers who are keen to watch the popular Chinese film Dear You in its original Teochew dialect may now be able to watch it for free. SPH Media’s Chinese Media Group (CMG) will host ...
Channel NewsAsia Singapore

Singapore approves additional 50 screenings of Dear You in Teochew

SINGAPORE: An additional 50 screenings of the film Dear You in Teochew have been approved, as authorities respond to strong audience demand and interest in dialect content. In a joint media reply on ...
The Straits Times

Dear You controversy: Is it time to make space for dialects in Singapore?

The Chinese film Dear You, shot almost entirely in Teochew, is not only a box office hit - it has ignited intense debate among Chinese Singaporeans. From film-makers to politicians, many people have ...
Channel NewsAsia Singapore

Commentary: Why Dear You hit us so hard – and what it says about our feelings toward ‘dialects’

SINGAPORE: Why did a film from China, shot almost entirely in Teochew language on a modest budget with mostly non-professional actors, create such a storm in Singapore? Tickets for the initial eight ...
scmp.com

For many outside China, Dear You reflects family history, not politics

When a modest Chaoshan-dialect film about an indebted grandson, a missing grandfather and a bundle of yellowing remittance letters opened quietly in China in late April, few expected it to become one ...
The Guardian

Dear You review – enjoyable Chinese romdram crosses generations as it tracks down a missing husband

Director Lan Hongchun’s family saga feels like a good old-fashioned novel as it goes in search of a man who has disappeared in Thailand With a story that ranges from the 1940s to the present and, ...
Global Times

Chinese film ‘Dear You’ sparks global emotional resonance

As of Sunday, the rating for Chinese film Dear You on review platform Douban had reached a 9.3/10, up from its previous 9.2/10, with more than 860,000 reviews. This marks the third time the film's ...
Variety

‘Dear You’ Director Credits Overseas Chinese Letter-Writing Tradition for Sleeper Hit’s Emotional Power

Director Lan Hongchun took the stage at the 28th Shanghai International Film Festival to discuss how “Dear You,” now one of China’s most-talked-about films of the year, drew its emotional charge from ...
Screen International

‘Dear You’ review: Chinese box office hit is sentimental, culturally-specific Teochew family drama

What begins as a shakedown ends up as an eye-opening and healing odyssey for a Teochew family in writer-director Lan Hongchun’s box office juggernaut Dear You, the latest indie drama to make waves in ...
scmp.com

ReviewDear You movie review: nostalgic Teochew family drama a surprise box office hit in China

Boasting a cast of largely unknown actors and playing out almost entirely in the Teochew (Chiu Chow) dialect of eastern Guangdong, Lan Hongchun’s modestly budgeted drama Dear You has become a runaway ...
Global Times

Malaysian moviegoers share emotional reviews of Chinese hit ‘Dear You’

A lot of Malaysian moviegoers have taken to social media to share heartfelt, emotional reviews following the Kuala Lumpur premiere of Chinese film Dear You, with many posting videos of themselves ...
Variety

Chinese Sensation ‘Dear You’ Acquired by CMC Pictures for North America, Australia and New Zealand Theatrical Release

“Dear You,” the Teochew-dialect family drama that has become one of China’s biggest theatrical stories of 2026, is heading to North America, Australia and New Zealand after CMC Pictures secured the ...