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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Touching romantic weepie -- utterly beautiful, 22 Dec 2006
Well, IF this is the Hong Kong film starring Cecilia Cheung and not whatever movie the reviewer below thinks it is, it's a beautiful, touching and must-see romantic movie about coming to terms with the death of a loved one, and picking up the pieces of your life in the aftermath. Okay, maybe it's actually a movie about aliens and zombies and whatever, but judging by the DVD cover shot shown, take a risk on it being actually the romance. You can always send it back for a refund if not.
Before you watch it, though, you'll need to check your house thoroughly. How many boxes of tissues do you have? This is almost two hours of crying, so stock up on fluids too. It is almost unbearably moving, and one scene when Cecilia Cheung and Lau Ching Wau take their little boy to an orphanage will have you blubbering. If crying is therapeutic, this album is a miracle cure. But it's a bittersweet movie, without a straightforward happy ending, and without any clear redemption. It will cloud your whole day, probably your whole week, but uplift you too.
Cecilia Cheung is one of China's most distinctive actresses, a frail-looking, beautiful, delicate woman who seems to play little girl lost roles -- she plays a similar role in the Korean movie "Failan" which is equally as affecting as this. When her bus driver fiance dies in a crash, Siu Wai (Cheung) is heartbroken, particularly since she has to care for his five year old son from a previous marriage. The boy's mother rejects him, Siu's own family warns her not to keep the boy, but she is determined to keep at least some link with the man she promised she would love forever. She forms a friendship with Dai Fai (Lau Ching Wan), another bus driver, who is himself recovering from a failed marriage, and the movie follows their hesitant and difficult steps toward each other, centered around the boy who at times seems to be the only thing that keeps Siu together.
This is a quiet, gentle and underplayed romance, and though it is sometimes hard to get through Cheung's wide-eyed lost child expression to her emotions (a similar problem in "Failan"), the boy does all the emoting for her -- and all your tears (which begin at the beginning of the movie and continue throughout) will be shed for him. It is an utterly beautiful movie, one of the most touching I've ever seen, and played and directed to perfection. I heartily recommend it, but bear in mind that you WILL cry throughout most of it.
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3 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The greatest cinematic effort of all time, 18 Jul 2000
By A Customer
This film is the greatest. full stop. it really is. think of your fave film. then think of it with an added extra dimension. think of it as ten times better than any film you've ever seen. because thats what this is. truly a masterpiece of epic proportions. The star of the film is Zach Galligan, our weary adventurer who again through no fault of his own has to battle the forces of darkness with his girlfriend who although dopey as hell manages to pull of a fair performance as an alice in wonderland type character. She is literally lost in time due to just plain weird things happening. Back in their own time, the fated couple are in dire starights as the girl is wanted for the murder of her father ( who was really killed by a disembodied hand) so she and her man have to travel through time to find evidence that a hand can be brought to life. cue frankenstein being visited for his journal of flesh reanimation. they are split up through time travelling visiting places slightly familiar to the average cinema goer. apparently God and the devil are using our heroes as characters in a cosmic computer game, pitting good against evil..good always wins of course. See our adventurers fight off frankensteins monster, jack the ripper, godzilla, the aliens from Aliens! and the zombies from dawn of the dead...its everything you want out of a film and more..but wheres the swordfight you ask? every good film needs a swordfight..voila! zack had a swordfight with a medieval knight baddie through different eras in time and kicks his ass! well mr hickox..keep up the good work...too bad he then went on to direct prince valiant..ooops
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