I saw this in the middle of the night on CBC; and bought the DVD so that I could see the first part.
The acting is just amazing. It is a "different" comedy; but I would call it more a drama that has a lighter way of making a deep point; so that you do not realize how important the relationships will be. The purpose, I suppose is to give you more of an emotional impact because you just do not expect something so profound to happen.
The movie is surprisingly magnetic .. particularly when "little Wu" is introduced and you can see the interplay as all the relationships develop. Also the acting is so brilliant, that you somehow understand way more then they present - so you can tell the history of the characters just by the way the actors bring out 3-dimentional characters.
*Spoiler*** The ending, I really was not happy about - but the more I think about it, the more I am content with it. The original ending sounds better -- to me; if only to have the two main characters on the screen at the end. It is actually quite a shock as you really feel these two can heal each other.
Anyway, I HIGHLY recommend it.
The acting is just amazing. It is a "different" comedy; but I would call it more a drama that has a lighter way of making a deep point; so that you do not realize how important the relationships will be. The purpose, I suppose is to give you more of an emotional impact because you just do not expect something so profound to happen.
The movie is surprisingly magnetic .. particularly when "little Wu" is introduced and you can see the interplay as all the relationships develop. Also the acting is so brilliant, that you somehow understand way more then they present - so you can tell the history of the characters just by the way the actors bring out 3-dimentional characters.
*Spoiler*** The ending, I really was not happy about - but the more I think about it, the more I am content with it. The original ending sounds better -- to me; if only to have the two main characters on the screen at the end. It is actually quite a shock as you really feel these two can heal each other.
Anyway, I HIGHLY recommend it.