电影刮痧英文观后感

第一篇：电影刮痧英文观后感

电影刮痧英文观后感

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（一）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.It’s about assimilation into American culture, and not assimilation in an ”International” city, like SF or NY or LA or Chicago, but St.Louis, MO（actually shot there）。Really great acting, interesting story.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 due to simple misunderstanding between cultures.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.电影刮痧英文观后感

（二）Chinese immigrants struggle to hold onto their American dream after the husband's father（Xu Zhu）comes for a visit from mainland China and gives a si-mp-le Chinese Medicine therapy called Gua Sha to his grandson.Da Tong（Tony Leung Ka Fai）is the father who is trying to integrate his Chinese cultural beliefs into his daily American reality, especially when dealing with his bo（Hollis Huston）and best friend, who is too quick to believe the worst about Da Tong's treatment of his son, Dennis.Da Tong's failures show his confusion about the differences between his original Chinese culture and his new American home.Even within his family there is conflict because Grandfather can't speak English and is excluded from many conversations because Mother（Wenli Jiang）wants only English spoken in her home for the benefit of her American born son.Da Tong and his wife are very well educated and understand that their child's best chances for succein America, and for him not to experience the same troubles they've had during the past 8 years, are to speak without an accent.They even go so far as to insist the boy use a fork and knife instead of chopsticks, even when it's obvious they are still eating Chinese style food, served in the normal way: communal dishes for the food and smaller, individual rice bowls for each person.Mother seems a bit inflexible in her insistence on being as American as possible, while Da Tong's cultural leanings are just as strongly Chinese, although not by conscious choice.Da Tong's love for his son is tested severely when Da Tong tries to balance it against respect for his boss.When Da Tong's son hits his boss' son, Da Tong insists on an apology that seems unnecessary and makes Da Tong look stubborn and uncaring.Da Tong gives his boy a light rap on the head when he refuses to apologize and the boy cries to his mother that the reason he hit his playmate was that the other boy called Da Tong stupid, one of many examples of doing the wrong thing to protect your family.The conflict arising from doing the wrong thing out of love or respect for one's family or closest friends continues throughout the movie, and every way Da Tong turns, he finds failure and encounters both obvious and subtle forms of anti-Chinese racism.Even Chinese folklore about the Monkey King, Sun Wu Kong, that Da Tong incorporates into a video game he designed is used to provoke his pride when he's vulnerable and fearing for the loof his son.Da Tong is misunderstood by everyone, family, friend, and foe, even though he has only the best intentions, and he carries the responsibility quite heavily, ma-ki-ng one wrong turn after another.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 dreand 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 si-mp-le, 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 during 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.

第二篇：电影刮痧英文观后感

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2013-3-19 The film review of “scrapping”

This movie is about a story which happened in an immigrant family living in the United States now.Dennis, a Chinese child, is having a fever and suffering from diarrhea.Since his grandfather was from Beijing and didn’t understand the drugs’ English instruction, he used the long history Chinese wisdom therapy scrapping to treat Dennis.But he never predicted that this treatment became the evidence of Dennis’ father abused the child.In the court, a series of conflicts is followed, and the so happy family became fragmented in a few time.We can’t imagine scrapping is just a little thing for Chinese.Why should it become a legal setbacks in the United States.Scrapping has experienced thousands of years’ history.Why became illegal behavior in the US.This question is very valuable for people to think about it.As far as I’m concerned, this problem is due to the cultural differences between Chinese and western country.Western people cannot believe the treatment of Guasha which has a long history in China.The culture differences existed in everywhere.Different country has different cultures.We should realize it ,and accept it sometime.But there is also a more important reason that the court didn’t understand the true things and didn’t verify the illegal evidence.Because the cultural difference itself is an objective factor.Only when cultural differences can’t be accepted this tragedy would happen.As we all know the low is justice, and the court needs the fact.In this film, scrapping hadn’t really be understood, the court deprived the custody of Xu Datong.It’s no doubt that they didn’t understand correctly and verify the illegal evidence, which lead to the contrary to the justice of law.If the court knows the differences between Chinese and foreign cultures, it won’t make such a ridiculous decision.Another bright spot of this film is the father’s love.At the hearing Xu Datong expressed impatience that totally different from his personality as an engineer.He feels anxiety and fear that he is going to lose his child.He spirited away Dennis at the contact of the law.In order not to let Dennis know the truth, he played a game with Dennis and Dennis had a good sleep.In the end, Xu climb nine floors to make his love climax.“Scrapping” is valuable for people to watch.It’s rich in cultural connotations.Of course things have been solved satisfactorily Finally, the prosecution of the court has been revoked.The result of the film in addition to the normal conscience and more is due to the communication and understanding of each other.I think the hero’s name is “Da Tong”.Its true meaning is the communication and understanding of other culture.观后感一 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.中文翻译： 刮痧是一部反映中美文化差异的电影。徐大同（孩子的爸爸）是圣路易斯的一位电子游戏设计师。他父亲从中国到美国看望孙子，并对孙子进行了刮痧（一种中国传统治疗的方法），哪些留在孙子皮肤上的刮痕被认为是虐待儿童的证据，并将大同告上了法庭。在法院上，由于大同没有证据（或无所是从），以至于他最后丢失对儿子的监护权。我觉得这一幕是令人震惊的，令中国观众发人深省的，但结局给人的印象最深。大同希望在圣诞节前

夕看到他的儿子，他不得不爬钢管到九楼去看他的儿子。我想那钢管，不仅是钢管，而是美国与5000年中华文化的鸿沟。他想爬过这个鸿沟，他是做不到，也许没有中国人民真正能做得到

I have never imagined that I would write a film review in English.Because when referring to feeling and culture, I can hardly express my whole idea in Chinese, let alone in English.Well, just have a try.The Gua Sha Treatment is designed to discuss the culture differences.We can know that from Datong, the name of the leading man.Datong is a classical Chinese term.It refers to a utopian vision of the world in which everyone and everything is at peace.While life always plays jokes on people, Datong’s peaceful life didn’t last long.He was accused of abusing his son because of the bruises from Gua Sha.Actually, Datong was not the person who gave the little boy Gua Sha treatment.It’s his father.But Datong decided to be a scapegoat.This was a culture difference.In Chinese traditional culture, law is not important than affection.Though we also praise those people who put righteousness above family loyalty, nobody wants that happen to themselves.Chinese think that being a scapegoat for family members especially for father or mother is a responsibility.The biggest culture difference the film showed us was that Chinese culture was based on experience while western based on specific evidences.Gua Sha has been used as a treatment for thousands years, and many people advocate it for their own experience.Just like many Ancient Chinese technique, we just know it is useful but we can’t explain it clearly.So to persuade westerner to believe it seems impossible.Then cultures conflict happens.But we can’t directly blame westerner in this case.Not only Gua Sha, but also laugh therapy and so on are not accepted by westerner as normal treatments.It’s a responsible attitude for life.Because we know little about these treatments, we cannot make sure what is going to happen.And how we should deal with it? Ancient Chinese have given us the answer: While in Rome, do as Rome dose.But we should not abandon our own culture, just like Gua Sha, a treatment that helps blood circulate better.So keep on Gua Sha and communication.May be someday there will be a Datong World.

第三篇：电影刮痧观后感

从《刮痧》看中西文化差异

通过选修课程——中西文化比较，对中西文化的差异我有了更深层次的了解，为了让我们对中西文化差异的了解，老师放映了一系列的表现中西文化差异的电影，我想通过对电影《刮痧》的一些感受来谈谈自己对中西文化差异的理解。

刮痧是中国民间流传几千年的传统疗法。用铜钱等物蘸水或油刮患者的胸,背等处,使局部皮肤充血,减轻内部炎症。中暑,急性肠炎,食物中毒等病都可用刮痧疗法。但刮痧后,皮肤很快会出现一条条痧痕,并且存留时间较长。

罗基斯说：文化是一个群体成员生活方式的总汇。文化产生于人类生活经验的积累，是群体对人生观、世界观、价值观的反映。霍夫斯泰德把文化定义为“我们思想中集体的、能够把一类人与另一类人区别开来的思考程序”。当文化成为一个区别你我的符号，我们便会因为互相的交流而产生误解乃至冲突。电影《刮痧》只是一个缩影，不管你是愤怒也好，无奈也罢，它却让你不得不去思考：一个人在成长的过程中所受到的潜移默化的文化熏陶是根深蒂固的，在美国梦中依然烙着中国魂的印记，不同文化之间难免会因为交流与传播发生碰撞与冲突。

《刮痧》的情节跌宕起伏:北京青年许大同和妻子移民美国八年,终于实现了他们的美国梦:有了幸福的家庭,可爱的儿子,令人羡慕的社会地位和丰厚的收入。但随后降临的意外却使许大同从梦中惊醒。孙子丹尼斯病了,从北京来的爷爷用中国民间的刮痧疗法,被儿童医院的医生发现,便以虐待儿童罪将“顶罪”的许大同告上法庭,使原本幸福的家庭转眼间支离破碎:儿子被儿童福利局收养,许大同被

禁止接近儿子,职业被辞,朋友被弃,夫妻被迫分居。努力多年的美国梦被这场官司彻底粉碎。影片中可见中西文化观念差异是比较大的。不同文化有不同的观念，往往带来认识上的偏差和误区。

一、处事观的差异。美国人喜欢面对事实,表明自己的观点,并掌握可靠的信息。西医讲究“头痛医头,脚痛医脚,”因此儿童医院的医生不相信在背上刮痧会治发烧,相反孩子背上的瘀痕是事实;家长把未满12周岁的儿独放在家里也是事实;许大同当着朋友昆拉的面打孩子,这又是有口难辩的事实,所有的这些事实都被作为法庭上的证据,使许大同败诉,从而取消了他对孩子的监护权。由此我们可以看出美国人处理问题以事为基础,就事论事。中国人在事实面前,人情似乎显得更重要些。尽管儿童福利院对以上的举证都是事实,但许大同认为它们是片面的。中认为气能够贯穿七经八脉,因此可以“头痛医脚,脚痛医头”。刮痧非但不是虐待,而是体现了父亲对儿子的“关爱”之情;老爷子在外遇到烦接到警察局的电话,许大同急忙赶去接父亲,虽然明知把儿子单独放在家里会触犯法律的,但这种“孝亲”情感,按照中国人的心理,也是情有可原的。而美国法律无视自己的“真情,”把美好的家庭拆散,许大同感到不解和委屈。

二、家庭观的差异。在中国的文化传统中,家庭占有极为重要的地位。先秦儒家认为“, 孝”就是“善事父母”,就是要对父母尽养育之恩。同时,孔子还把“孝”的准则诉诸于回报的情理,“滴水之恩,当涌泉相报”。所以许大同在美国扎根后,把老父接到美国“享清福”,以报答父母的“养育之恩”;为给父亲早点办上绿卡,自愿顶替父亲给儿子丹尼斯刮痧的“罪名”。《刮痧》中还有一个细节,由于两个孩子打架,许大同当着昆拉的面打了孩子一巴掌,后来他对昆拉说:“我打我的孩子是为了表示对你的尊重,是给你面子。”这儿就牵扯着东西方对孩子的态度问题。中国人把孩子当作一个私有财产,是我生的,属于我,我打他,是我的事,你管不着。虽然大同打孩子不是为了惩罚孩子的过错,而是给朋友“面子”。但在昆拉看来,打人是犯法的,无论打的是谁。在西方人眼里,许大同的“孝顺”属于“责任倒错”“, 不诚实”。美国人认为父母、子女是平等的,父母很少为孩子决定什么事情,而是让其依靠自己的力量去奋斗,许多美国人接受了这样的生活信条:Every man for himself , and God for us all.Every man isthe architect of his own fortune.例如,里根身为总统,而他的儿子却在职业登记所里寻找职业,同样这在中国传统观念看来是难以想象的。

三、朋友观的差异。朋友关系在东西方文化中包含着不同的意义。Edward Steward &Milton Bennet 这样论述美国人的朋友关系:“虽然美国人保持许多友好的非正式关系,但是他们极少有那种很深而又维系多年的关系。理想的境界是美国式的友谊,建立在自然发生、相互吸引以及温馨的个人感情的基础上。人们选择自己的朋友,同时,他们又把朋友关系与社会或工作义务分开。”在中国,情形有所不同。交朋友讲究的是时间愈长愈好,承担的义务愈多愈好。理想的境界是为朋友两肋插刀,赴汤蹈火在所不辞。中国人对于朋友的期望值很高,若有困难,应该倾囊相助。当昆拉指证许大同打过孩子时,许大同指责昆拉“我一直把你当朋友,但你却在法庭上出卖我!”而昆拉感到很委屈和不解:“我只是实话实说而已。”诚信是美国人最基本的美德之一,你让一个美国人撒谎也相当于让他放弃基本的价值观。

影片最后昆拉到了一家中医诊所,亲自尝试了刮痧的滋味并体验到了中国传统文化的魅力。在此,昆拉就是进行了一次成功的跨文化交际:以亲身体验为依据,证明刮痧的确是中国的一种治病疗法,并说服了儿童福利局的官员和法官撤回禁令。一场由文化障碍引发的冲突烟消云散,而这一平息是双方互相理解、沟通交流的结果。跨文化交际的一方无权要求另一方向自己的价值观靠拢,但却有可能促使其向自己的价值观靠拢,多种选择法(multiple choice)就是中西方行之有效的跨越文化障碍的方法。

也许你会觉得《刮痧》从一开始就是一场误会，仔细一想，这却并非偶然，其实从一开始双方的立场就不是平等的，每个人都以各自所固有的世界观和价值观来否定对方，从而导致矛盾的不断累积。与人相处最大的悲哀莫过于你不理解我我不理解你，并且双方仍各执一词，争辩不休。即便最后当昆兰兴奋地告诉简宁大同无罪这个好消息时，我想他也未必就能理解当简宁得知丈夫无罪，大同爬上9层楼与家人相聚——这对患难夫妻内心的复杂情愫。然而最后的最后，在一种理解、尊重与认可中，大家都得到了平息。

《刮痧》展现的是一个视角，让我们见证了一次文化的碰撞、冲突与融。从影片开始简宁为培养丹尼斯说英语的能力而坚持在家说英语到片尾大同和简宁教丹尼斯说：“北京”、“长城”，这恰是一种强烈的中华民族文化的归属感与认同感的体现，沉浸在美国梦中的他们开始意识到自己的中国魂。

文化冲突会因为文化碰撞而永远不会消失，然而这并不意味着跨文化传播的研究就没有意义。在全球化的今天，全球文化正处于一个大交融，大汇集的状态，我们只有在承认相互平等的前提之下，通过相互沟通来更好地了解不同地域、不同民族的文化。只有做到了求同存异，才能使多元文化共存和发展有一个更和谐和宽松的环境。而跨文化传播的研究正是通过研究不同民族文化之间的差异来发现矛盾与误会，从而寻找出一种有效的方式来促进文化的传播与共存。在美国梦与中国魂之间找到一个平衡，人类终能受益于多元文化的融合。

第四篇：刮痧电影观后感

有感于《刮痧》

《刮痧》这部电影讲述的是一个北京移民家庭在美国生活时发生的故事：5岁的华裔孩子丹尼斯闹肚子发烧，他的爷爷由于刚从北京到美国，不懂得药品上的英文说明，便用中国民间流传已久的刮痧疗法给丹尼斯治病，没想到这却成为了丹尼斯父亲许大同虐待孩子的证据，闹到了法庭上去。在法庭上，一连串的矛盾冲突更是接踵而来，一个原来幸福美好的家庭就这样转眼间变得支离破碎。就这部影片中的主要线索——刮痧来说。刮痧作为中国的一种医学文化，在中国流传已经有两千多年的历史。然而，在美国的文化里就没有对刮痧进行“科学”的解释。因而，刮痧不为美国人所知也不奇怪，丹尼斯背部所留下的刮痧的痕迹被美国人认为是一种虐待儿童的证据，这也是不足为奇的。但是，作为一个法治的国家，不能因为人们对刮痧的不了解或是不承认而没有对刮痧这一证据进行认识和核实，也不能因为中国文化的与美国文化的不同而进行排斥不加以考虑。

因为法律讲求的是正义，法院判案讲求的是事实。然而，在这部影片中就出现了这样的情况，在还没有真正了解刮痧，还没有真正了解文化差异或是文化盲区的情况下，法庭就作出了剥夺许大同对儿子扶养权的决定。这无疑就是对违法证据没有进行正确认识与核实，从而造成法律与正义的背道而驰，最终造成许大同一家悲剧的产生。

从《刮痧》中，我们看美国的法制，会发现一个很奇怪的现象：在这个社会政治和法律系统里，每一个人都在努力维护这个系统的健康、透明而民主的运转，因此会有揭竿而起报警的医生和护士，有为孩子的健康和权利而舌战不休的律师，有以说实话为自己责任的证人；但当遇到了他们所不理解或不了解的事情的时候，当另一个遥远国度的传统文化和他们的常识产生冲突的时候，这种西方社会科学、严谨、民主的法律却成为他们固守自己偏执的一种武器，就如那个律师在法庭上故意惹怒许大同、用刻意曲解的手段误导法官以达到自己赢得官司的目的。但西方的这种法制和人性化的民主却始终是很高明的，如电影的最后那位胖胖的美国律师抛弃误解、接受了刮痧治疗后终于明白了大同的清白，而那位一心为孩子着想的女律师，也在了解了事情的真相之后全力向法官争取撤销起诉的机会。最终，西方的法制和东方的传统在经历了苦难和艰苦的磨合后达到了一种“和解”和“融合”，孩子回到了父母的身边，妻子和丈夫也不再需要痛苦的分离。在这场痛苦的闹剧过后，大同和妻子似乎看清了一些东西，很欣慰地，我们在影片的最后听见丹尼斯可爱稚嫩的声音，在随着父母的教授念着：“长城、中国、北京……”。美国的社会和政治再完美，属于中国灵魂始终不能抛弃深入骨髓的历史和传统的东西。

《刮痧》中的刮痧，刮在孩子身上，刮在美国的法制身上，刮在美籍华人的心上。也许刮后印记难看，但温热微暖的感觉，却总是好的。

第五篇：电影《刮痧》观后感

从电影《刮痧》看中西文化之异同

电影《刮痧》讲述了一对移民美国的中国夫妇因中美文化差异而导致差点丧失其子抚养权的故事。对于美国所谓的人权保护还有对儿童的保护早就有所耳闻。一直都知道在美国家长是不能随便打孩子的，会被警方介入而且后果很严重。在中国人看来，当儿子做错事的时候，父亲打儿子是教育孩子的一种方式。在中国来说是正常的，没什么大不了的。父亲打儿子也有爱儿子的意思，打在孩子身上，痛在父母心上啊。打者爱也。同时也是表示对别人的尊重。但是，在美国人看来，父母无论如何是不能打孩子的，打孩子是一种虐待儿童的行为，是违反法律的，要受到法律的制裁的。美国的人权主义太强了，在中国人看来是家庭事，坡见人无法插手的，可到了美国就不一样了，变成了国家的事了。（在我看来其实是小题大做，这可能就是中西文化的差异吧！）在美国，大人晚上把孩子单独留在家里也是犯罪。

在中国，孩子生病了，大人用偏方给孩子治病是司空见惯的了。比如电影中的老爷爷帮他孙子刮痧，这是帮孩子治病，天经地义的，是爱孩子的表现。刮痧在中国已经流传了两千多年了，基本上是家喻户晓的偏方，效果很好。但是于美国，他们只是看到外表，而不知道其中的奥妙，以为是孩子收到虐待，就要把好好的一个家庭给破坏掉，太残酷了。简直是不可理喻，没有经过调查就断然下结论。

电影中的主人翁许大同虽然在美国住了八年，事业在美国取得了很好的成就，被美国人所认可，但是他骨子里面的中国传统文化仍然与美国的文化格格不入。刮痧在中国已经好几千年了，可是一到美国就说不清了。其实说不清的又何止是刮痧呢？他们竟然说孙悟空是一个没有道德，没有责任感的人，仅仅只因为孙悟空偷了蟠桃？！

而他们对于中国的了解还停留在中国解放前的情景，中国是贫穷落后的，中国人还穿着长袍马挂等。现在其实中国人的事情在美国经常发生。当大同送完他爸被警察逮捕的时候，掉在地下的猴子受到践踏，难道仅仅只是这只玩具吗？恐怕还有中国几千年的文化吧！

电影最后结局圆满，可是我却很伤感，对于自己所不了解的文化肆意的批驳，连了解一下都不屑，真的是那个自由的国度，是那个民族文化融合的地方吗？

剧中，许大同在讲五脏六腑，七经八脉这些刮痧的基本原理是我的心情很低落，因为他用英文讲不出来这些知识。我希望中国传统的医学能够更加科学化，世界化，从而走出中国，走向世界。让那些自以为是的人了解中医，爱上中医。

我觉得《刮痧》这部电影很成功，它不仅成功的表现了两对父子，祖孙三代之间的爱，更加深刻的挖掘出了中西文化之间的差异，引人深思。