Zheng hun qi shi (The Personals) (1999)
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80% of critics liked it
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81% of users liked it
(366 ratings)
Issues of modern romance and personal identity are played for intelligent laughter in this tart comedy from Taiwan. Wu (played by Rene Liu) is a businesswoman in her early 30's whose professional life is going just fine. It's her personal life that's giving her problems. Since she's… More Issues of modern romance and personal identity are played for intelligent laughter in this tart comedy from Taiwan. Wu (played by Rene Liu) is a businesswoman in her early 30's whose professional life is going just fine. It's her personal life that's giving her problems. Since she's not meeting the right sort of man in her daily life, she decides to take the bull by the horns and place a personal ad in the newspaper; she gets over 100 responses to her ad, and much of the film is taken up by her meetings with a variety of men who want to know more about her. Her potential suitors range from a restaurant manager with a shoe fetish and a writer who his brings his mother along to a would-be rock star and a lesbian in male drag. Director Chen Kuo-Fu was a leading Taiwanese film critic in the 1980's before moving to filmmaking in the early 1990's. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Kuo-fu Chen
- Written By
- Kuo-fu Chen, Shih-chieh Chen
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 12, 2001 Limited
- Studio
- First Run Features
Critic Reviews
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Joshua Tanzer, Offoffoff
A little like a blind date - sometimes charming, sometimes difficult, never revealing too much at once, and always leaving you with plenty to think about afterwards.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Rene Liu is winsome in this very subtle performance and sympathetic role of a woman suffering from loneliness.
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
Deals with a quest for love by a Taiwan eye doctor that forces her to confront her deepest confusions.
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