The Eighth Happiness

Rating:
Summary: Fabulous!
Review: I love Asian films, but this one lacks anything worthwhile. Not only that, but the subtitles were full of mistakes.

Simply put, one of the worst movies I have ever seen. I would have given it one star, but since I'm biased towards Asian women, who are all deliciously beautiful, I gave it two. A superficial reason perhaps, but I'm only human.

Rating:
Summary: Awful!
Review: I love Asian films, but this one lacks anything worthwhile. Not only that, but the subtitles were full of mistakes.

Simply put, one of the worst movies I have ever seen. I would have given it one star, but since I'm biased towards Asian women, who are all deliciously beautiful, I gave it two. A superficial reason perhaps, but I'm only human.

Rating:
Summary: Non-stop fun - and CYF in drag.
Review: While the plot of this movie is funny unto itself, the one true reason to see this film is the *incredible* performance by Chow Yun-Fat. You've seen him as the ruthless cop, the compassionate assassin, the toughened prison inmate. Now you can see him as "a sissy girl" (to quote the subtitles in the plot) - but it's all a sham to cover the fact he's a shameless womanizer. Well, it makes sense when you see the film.

Also included is one of the wildest spoofs of Chinese opera you'll ever see.

Funny from the opening credits ("The Blue Danube Waltz" with Chinese lyrics!) to the end of the closing credits. Obscene telephone calls, Chow Yun-Fat crossdressing, a sword-wielding mom and Cherie Cheung in a wild cameo role as a girl just wanting to have fun. What more could you want?

Super fun.