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All About Women (2008)

Directed by Tsui Hark

Comedy | Romance | Music

Overview

A series of intertwining stories focus on the lives and transformations of three women and their romantic relationships.

Length 120 minutes

Actors

Zhou Xun | Kwai Lun-Mei | Kitty Zhang Yuqi | Stephen Fung | Alex Fong Chung-Sun | Eddie Peng | Godfrey Gao | Shen Chang | Yuqian Shen | Jacob Cheung | Henry Fong Ping | Tsui Hark | Yilin Tang | Bao Bei Er | Chen Ji | Liu Yuqi | Lin Cui | Zhang Xinyi | Bao Wenjing | 张瑶 | Zhang Yi-Long | Qiao Shan | Mengyang Li | Kwak Jae-yong | Qi Ji

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

Neat to see a non-action, non-fantasy Tsui Hark flick for a change. He definitely has a knack for it if he can get a better handle on his storytelling and editing. This movie is super fun and breezy with super attractive people but it’s also 30 minutes too long. Definitely wears out its welcome in that final 30 minutes too. It could’ve ended at 90 minutes and been fine.

Really like Kwai Lun-Mei here as she’s kinda the odd girl out of the three in that her story isn’t as closely tied to the other two women and I wanted more of her here. Of course Kitty Zhang is beautiful af and portrayed that way here (she was a great villain in MERMAID). I wonder she’s not become a bigger star as I’m sure there’s a good reason in HK film reason for that. Zhou Xun is really the central character here and she’s terrific as expected.

If I didn’t know I certainly wouldn’t have guessed Hark directed this but it’s cool to see his usual film techniques in a rom-com. Very sweet movie just wish it was tighter.

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