Double Happiness
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Actor: Kevin Kelly, Leslie Ewen, Mina Shum, Rose Lam Waddell, Stephen ChangBrand: Image Entertainment
Cinematographer: Peter Wunstorf
Composer: Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
Audio: Cantonese (Original Language); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 87 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-04-17
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Image Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Double Happiness
Movie Review: I didn't get two scoops of satisfied...
Summary: 3 Stars
Let me say first that I have never seen an episode of `Grey's Anatomy', but I am a fan of Oh's in the event that everything I've seen her in she's been funny and charming and undeniably talented. Even here, in this lackluster coming-of-age story she is entertaining and certainly attention stealing, but sadly, even Oh's undeniable charm cannot save this movie from the depths of mediocrity.
`Double Happiness' is a sweet if not entirely predictable story about a young Chinese woman named Jade living in America with her family. She is desperately trying to please her hard to please parents while staying true to her own dreams and aspirations. She wants to be an actress and while her parents allow her to entertain the idea momentarily, they are wholly unsupportive and they make this very plain and clear. They want her to marry a nice Chinese boy, and so they make it a point to set her up with someone they think suitable, no mater how incompatible he really is with Jade. Jade on the other hand, has met a nice Caucasian man and has fallen in love with him behind her parents back. She fears pursuing the relationship because of her parent's inevitable reaction, but she knows that in her heart this is the course she needs to take.
Like I said, it's sweet, but it's not anything we haven't seen before.
Sandra Oh is a delight here, and she tries hard to elevate the materiel, but the material winds up holding her back. In fact, there isn't a single bad performance in the bunch, but nothing stands out as great because the script is so bland.
I was stunned by the fact that the film, while only encompassing a mere eighty-seven minutes or so, feels like it's a three hour epic. The film just has no sense of flow to it, in my opinion. It drags its feet, taking much too long to make its point and filling space with uninteresting and mind-numbing sequences of events. I expected a brisker walk, but this felt like a one-hundred-mile dash.
In the end I have to say that I was not satisfied as I thought I would be with `Double Happiness' and have to give it a final grade of a low C. I see that I am in the minority, for a lot of people appear to really enjoy this film. I can see why, if they are fans of Sandra Oh, for she is charming, and some of the dialog is truthful and earnest. I just feel that in the end the big picture is lost in translation, and the film ultimately fails to be anything special or noteworthy at all. It promises the viewer an extra helping of happiness, but it winds up leaving us with less than a single serving.
Summary of Double Happiness
East clashes with West and generations collide in this comedy about a young Chinese woman struggling to appease her old-fashioned father, and at the same time pursue her modern dreams! Jade's parents want to see her happily married to a nice successful Chinese man, so they embark on a matchmaking mission. But Jade wants to make up her own mind. The problem is, telling them the truth about her secret romance with a Caucasian man, would break their hearts. For Jade, the choice between family and personal happiness is about to change her life forever. Starring Sandra Oh from the TV hit Grey's Anatomy and the acclaimed film Sideways, Double Happiness is a funny and bittersweet comedy with something for everyone!Art House & International DVD Video
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