Shopping for Fangs (1997)
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50% of critics liked it
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42% of users liked it
(422 ratings)
Two stories involving Asian-Americans in Southern California's San Gabriel Valley "discovering their dark sides" intersect in this post-modern, anti-consumerism feature from co-directors and UCLA graduates Quentin Lee and Justin Lin. Katherine (Jeanne Chin) is a mild-mannered, unhappy… More Two stories involving Asian-Americans in Southern California's San Gabriel Valley "discovering their dark sides" intersect in this post-modern, anti-consumerism feature from co-directors and UCLA graduates Quentin Lee and Justin Lin. Katherine (Jeanne Chin) is a mild-mannered, unhappy young wife who is suffering from blackouts that result in extended periods of lost time. After one such episode, she realizes that she's lost her cellular phone and begins receiving suggestive phone calls, photographs and come-ons from free-spirited, blonde lesbian Trinh, a waitress at the Go-Go Café. Katherine's husband, self-absorbed body builder and successful businessman Jim Lee (Clint Jung) works with a payroll accountant, Phil (Radmar Jao) who believes that he may be a werewolf. His evidence: abnormally fast-growing body hair requiring him to shave every few hours, an insatiable appetite for meat, and a newfound talent for sports. His sister's boyfriend is writing a book about werewolves, and although his therapist is convinced that the numbers-cruncher just needs some sexual release, Phil becomes convinced that he's a lycanthrope after the disappearance of his most recent date and a car accident from which he emerges unscathed. Both Phil and Katherine are on a collision course with revelations about their true natures. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
- Directed By
- Quentin Lee, Justin Lin
- Written By
- Dan Alvarado, Quentin Lee, Justin Lin
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense, Comedy
- In Theaters
- May 8, 1998 Wide
- Studio
- Vanguard
Critic Reviews
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J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
It's got real energy, and its solid grounding in LA's Asian community gives the laughs a genuine cultural point of view.
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David Noh, Film Journal International
Breaks about as much new ground as a plastic fork.
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Steve Rhodes, Internet Reviews
So amateurishly bad that it could almost be a parody of indie films.
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Cast
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Radmar Jao
as Phil
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Peggy Ahn
as Grace
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Jeanne Chin
as Katherine Nguyen
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John Cho
as Clarence
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Roxanne Coyne
as Dr. Hali
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Scott Eberlein
as Matt
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Jennifer Hengstenberg
as Sammi
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Clint Jung
as Jim Lee
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Dana Pan
as May
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Daniel Twyman
as Dr. Suleri
- Jeanne Chinn
- Lela Lee
- Radmar Agana Jao
