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MCT:May 29, 2008It depicts the life of a typical Chinese middle-aged woman. Siqin's role looks like she is easily to be cheated, but she is also warm-hearted. An ordinary story which is simple and playful. The scene that the cat died is quite funny.
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MCT:December 28, 2007I'm not too enthusiastic about melancholic China movies in general, which is the direction that this movie is headed in its later half.
The story is simple enough. Kuankuan's aunt, otherwise nameless, is a middle-aged Chinese woman who is proud of her accomplishments (speaking in a British accent and painting among others) yet mindful of conventions and values of civic mindedness. She strives above all to live a poor yet dignified life, so that she can keep her head high among her richer but coarse neighbours.
Unfortunately China is fast progressing and Shanghai is the city of decaying morals, even if Aunt is staunch in keeping to the old values. She discovers too late the pragmatism of her employers, the amorality and duplicity of the people close to her and her all too exploitable trusting and kindly nature.
Still retaining some of the idealism of youth and unable to adapt to the changing times, Aunt is well placed as the character that is doomed to fail. Fall she does into a downward spiral of unfortunate events that will take away the very identity that she has fought to build for herself. The postmodern life of aunt shatters irresistably in the face of gritty reality. While slow and somewhat choppy, the movie does convey the painful transition beset on aunt fairly well.
However, there remains gaps in the storyline that I can't quite reconcile with Aunt's character. For example, if Aunt was truly a kindly person, why did she leave her daughter to go to Shanghai?
Still although I didn't enjoy the movie that much, it was interesting to see Chow Yun Fatt and Zhao Wei in their respective roles. The music was good too. -
MCT:March 25, 2007
Quite an entertaining yet sad movie. I am giving it 3.5 stars because the story seems a bit fragmented. Gaowa Sigin is absolutely brilliant in the movie... she looks exactly like a see nai in Mainland!! :P
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MCT:March 18, 2007i always like such kind of movie. Nice and stimulate your thinking. And I like the Chinese context and humor.
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