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Zui mei li (2012)

Novice Director, Novice actors

The story starts off to be a very promising drama. The "moms" are fantastic, perhaps they may be seasoned actors. The lead players either have poorly scripted lines or are unable to portray their part. Most of their acting is very wooden with long periods of silence, as if to emphasise the tension. I gave up after the 5-th episode, especially after watching the dinner scene in the restaurant's kitchen of Yu-En and Man-Ching. The moments of silence by Da-Shan when speaking to his wife is excruciatingly painful. What husband behaves that way. I couldn't bear to watch the rest... I can's see how it would rate a 7.3.