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• 今天不回家 (1996)

  Saturday, Jul 18, 2009 12:14AM / Standard Entry / Members only
  

  English working title: Tonight nobody goes home (1996)
  
  OK, as lazy as I am, this movie compelled me to post an entry about it cause I liked it so much.  It's been some time since I've seen such an accomplished film and I wasn't so surprised to learn that Sylvia Chang authored the script.  Well, to be fair, it was her and some other guy, but I don't know who Lee Khan is, but props to him as well, they did a super job developing the characters, each and every one.  Although, as thorough as the character development was, they still managed to make it seem organic.  This was probably due to a combination of dope writing and excellent acting ability.  The likes of Rene Liu, everyone's fav dad, Lang Hsiung and the perennially youthful Gua Ah-Leh did really great work, not to mention the superb supporting cast.
  
  I feel like you don't even have to be a Taiwanese Cinema aficionado to enjoy this one; the film, in my opinion, speaks to all, as it deals with the basic going-on's of life, family relationships, marriage and spousal infidelity.  Yea, sadly enough, that last one's what makes a good 90 percent of the population able to identify so well with the plot and its characters.  What makes this movie great though, is the way S.C. presents the various generational aspects of family and how they deal with their issues.  Her more recent film 20-30-40 (2004) is explicitly about that, but doesn't have the same grace in weaving together the caprices of the young, middle-aged and the old, into one confluent, true-to-life comic drama. 
  
  If you liked 饮食男女(1994) (E.w.t.: Eat Man Woman Drink), which many people really enjoyed, you'll surely appreciate this movie.  They're not the same, but similar in that they deal with like themes and they're both really fun.
  
  

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