Hao dong xi

Having this week sat through the turgidly bad Kraven the Hunter my faith in awesome filmmaking has been fully restored by Yihui Shao's outstanding writing and directing.

Of course her creation could well have been spoiled if the actors had been failing in their performances but thankfully ALL the actors are magnificent and do Shao's script proud.

It's one of those rare movies were its impossible to select an outstanding performance and I cannot separate the three female leads, I suppose I have to heap praise on Ms. Isabella Zeng merely because the performance from one so young is astonishing.

I'm from the UK but live in Asia so I see lots of movies from India, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea and China and I have to say the majority of the films I watch (at least 6 a month) are better than so called Hollywood productions in many aspects.

I'm only sorry the majority of cinema goers in the West will not get to view this touching, heart warming, thoughtful, provocative, brilliant movie.

This movie has been highly praised in my friend circle, but due to scheduling conflicts, I missed the theatrical experience and ended up watching it at home. Unfortunately, I found myself somewhat disappointed.

The director attempts to build up the characters, but much of it is done through exposition rather than organic character development. As a result, the emotional impact falls short.

If judged purely on its storytelling and execution, I would rate it a 5. However, I do appreciate the film's intent, which in many ways feels more significant than the movie itself. The message is powerful, even if the delivery leaves something to be desired.

Wow a movie with an outspoken feminist female character? And two simps around her? Championing female autonomy and independence? That's bold in the land that calls females over 27 leftover women I guess. A country that still holds women up to patriarchal ideals of sacrificial motherhood. But anyway I think what's bold is using these concepts and ideas in the dialogues. The mentality is already very prevalent among urban women, whether they call it feminism or not.

It's funny how desperate the government has gotten trying to encourage marriage and childbearing.

Anyway, it was a fun and frustrating movie at the same time. I had terrible subtitles, probably machine translated or something and it was clearly not what was being said a lot of the times and it took from my enjoyment of watching it. It also probably made some of the characters more obnoxious or unpleasant then they're meant to be in certain scenes. The second dinner scene was very funny though, even with the bad subtitles. The one with the "feminist performing men" line. I didn't get what her ex was after with that behaviour. And I'm sure I missed a lot of the humour and the warmth again cause of the subtitles. I felt the movie's intentions and the point the characters were making, it just didn't really reach me as it should have, and I don't know if the subtitles are the only thing I can blame here.

Was that really Mark Chao? Damn...

This is a movie which require no acting skill ,no story and no character development. All the lines were execute fast like AI by actor. Director wish to tell her own girl's power golden Internet words to the audience. Most of the scene were a few people gathering,speak the golden lines for10min and combine into 2hr movie.

I feel amused by the audience reactions to the movie. They excitedly repeat and acknowledge the golden line which the actor said.

I feel sad by its high rating over to most of my favorite classics movie cause I not consider this as a movie. A China version of Barbie movie but without entertainment value and acting skill.

At the Berlin screening, the audience was 99% Chinese, with 95% of them being women. Walking out of the cinema with my friend, I just felt utterly refreshed. It's been a long time since I felt, "I paid for the ticket and truly got an excellent experience in return."

The film isn't perfect-there are moments where you wonder if it's not deep enough, or if its structure feels limited, loose, and incomplete. Yet, that doesn't take away from the fact that it's light, joyful, and entirely comfortable-what a rare and precious quality that is. Every ten minutes you'll laugh along with other audience. It talks about feminism and women's self-discovery, but it doesn't feel detached from real life or overly dramatic. Neither does it rely on empty theories. Unlike some films, it doesn't give you the impression that the director is portraying an imagined version of life, but rather something genuine and relatable.