Review of All About Women (2008) by Sitenoise ! — 06 Jun 2009
Tsui Hark hooks up with Korean master of quirky romantic comedies Kwak Jae-young and immediately hopes are raised of a true return to form, but Hark yet again somewhat misses the mark. The wild comedic style of All About Women is recognizably Hark, but with this kind of production value you'd expect something more refined.
It seems like Hark wants to make a point about the superficiality of young people's lifestyle in China today and there's also probably a feminist theme here somewhere, the finer points of which are completely lost among the stupidity of Kwak's script, though.
Were it not for the brilliant actresses, particularly the radiant Kitty Chang, and for the atypical cynicisms about love and gender roles embedded in the story, All About Women would have been as forgettable as The Missing.
A capable but not brilliant movie, thus.
This review of All About Women (2008) was written by Sitenoise ! on 06 Jun 2009.
All About Women has generally received negative reviews.
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