First of all, WE NEED MORE FEMALE DIRECTORS.
I waited for this movie to come to theatres in Canada, and I was pleasantly surprised and touched by it.
I'm not gonna go too in-depth with the storyline itself, that's a treasure for you to discover.
What really surprised me was, that the female director of this movie, Jia Ling, despite this being only her second film, has filmed this with such delicacy and nuance, and all of the significant characters in this movie were DYNAMIC.
No flat characters, no filler NPCs, and every important role had its own storyline.
Typically, movies that are labelled as "comedy" and "motivational" are almost destined to have a great happy ending, where everyone is happy and all complexities are resolved or forgiven - not in this one.
Each character has their depth, their strengths and weaknesses. No one in this film is perfect, but none of them are flat.
I've seen TONS of characters in men-directed films that are important, but are just boring and flat. Viewers leave the theatre only remembering them as "that mean girl", "the pretty one", etc.
Women in this film aren't "pretty", "mean", "skinny/chubby", there are so many sides given to each of the significant characters, they are more than a label.
The scenery and settings were so nice and delicate as well. The things that are neglected in a lot of films, were all caught on camera in this film.
If you haven't watched it, you really should, it's worth a watch, 'cuz I'm gonna watch it again.
I waited for this movie to come to theatres in Canada, and I was pleasantly surprised and touched by it.
I'm not gonna go too in-depth with the storyline itself, that's a treasure for you to discover.
What really surprised me was, that the female director of this movie, Jia Ling, despite this being only her second film, has filmed this with such delicacy and nuance, and all of the significant characters in this movie were DYNAMIC.
No flat characters, no filler NPCs, and every important role had its own storyline.
Typically, movies that are labelled as "comedy" and "motivational" are almost destined to have a great happy ending, where everyone is happy and all complexities are resolved or forgiven - not in this one.
Each character has their depth, their strengths and weaknesses. No one in this film is perfect, but none of them are flat.
I've seen TONS of characters in men-directed films that are important, but are just boring and flat. Viewers leave the theatre only remembering them as "that mean girl", "the pretty one", etc.
Women in this film aren't "pretty", "mean", "skinny/chubby", there are so many sides given to each of the significant characters, they are more than a label.
The scenery and settings were so nice and delicate as well. The things that are neglected in a lot of films, were all caught on camera in this film.
If you haven't watched it, you really should, it's worth a watch, 'cuz I'm gonna watch it again.