Saving Face
by Alice Wu
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Actor: Guang Lan Koh, Jin Wang, Joan Chen, Lynn Chen, Michelle KrusiecDirector: Alice Wu
Brand: Sony
Writer: Alice Wu
Producer: Bergen Swanson
Producer: James Lassiter
Producer: Jeff Morin
Producer: John Penotti
Producer: Robin O'Hara
Producer: Scott Macaulay
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 91 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-10-18
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of Saving Face
Movie Review: Nice debut from Alice Wu features good performances by Joan Chen, Michelle Krusiec and Lynn Chen
Summary: 4 Stars
Then first-time director/writer Alice Wu's "Saving Face" is a film that demonstrates considerable charm and polish. It's a very enjoyable piece of work, made all the more fulfilling by knowing that it's based on her own experiences in coming out and the reaction to that in her Chinese-American family and circle.
Wu's real coup was in getting the regal and beautiful Joan Chen to star in her work. Ms. Chen - still drop-dead gorgeous at a still-young 48 - is scandalously under-used by Hollywood. She hides her impeccable English behind the fences here and delivers all her lines in Mandarin. Her interactions with online screen daughter Wilhelmina ('Wil' - nicely played by a very likable Michelle Krusiec) have a very real-life feel to them. You get the feeling that Ms. Wu lived many of these scenes. Still, Chen and Krusiec are a very believable mother-daughter. In truth, only 13 years separate the two actresses, but Krusiec's pixie-like build and youthful face make it work. At the time of the movie's release, Krusiec is 31 playing 27, Chen 44 playing 48. Lynn Chen is also winning as Wil's love interest Vivian. It's a very strong trio, given some superb direction.
I was very excited to learn (via IMDB) of Alice Wu's next project: an adaptation of one of my favorite books, Rachel DeWoskin's Foreign Babes in Beijing: Behind the Scenes of a New China. I always thought that would make an excellent movie. I'm glad somebody else agrees!
Summary of Saving Face
When 48-year-old widow Hwei-Lan Gao (Joan Chen) informs her less-than understanding father she's pregnant, he banishes her from Flushing until she remarries or proves Immaculate Conception. With nowhere else to go, Hwei-Lan moves in with her grown daughter, Wil (Michelle Krusiec), a Manhattan doctor who doesn't want a roommate, especially since she's met Viv (Lynn Chen), her sexy young lover. So Wil does what any dutiful child with an expectant, unmarried mother on her hands would do: she proceeds to set Hwei-Lan up with every eligible bachelor in town.Saving Face starts like you might expect a Chinese-American lesbian romantic comedy to start: Young surgeon Wilhelmina (Michelle Krusiec, in her first starring role) has kept her sexual orientation secret from the conservative Chinese community of Flushing, NY--but when her mother (Joan Chen, The Last Emperor) becomes pregnant and is kicked out by her own parents, Wil suddenly has to juggle her mother's secrets with her own...which include her sparky new romance with Vivian (Lynn Chen), a ballet dancer and the daughter of Wil's boss. This bundle of intrigue and lust could motivate a wacky farce, but writer/director Alice Wu takes things a step further, delving into the characters' psyches and the complex social rules of their world while still crafting a strong plot and plenty of sly humor. Wu captures excellent performances from her entire cast, particularly Joan Chen, who gives perhaps her most multifaceted performance. A rich, rewarding, and delightful movie. --Bret Fetzer
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