Tuesday, December 6, 2011

If You Are the One (PG-13) 7.0

If You Are the One (2008) Fei Cheng Wu Rao (original title): Qin Fen, a funny, honest, single, inventor, meets a girl named Smiley, who is in agony of her boyfriend's betrayal. (6.8)

Director: Xiaogang Feng
Writer: Xiaogang Feng (screenplay)
Stars: You Ge, Qi Shu and Xiao Che
Languages: Mandarin|Cantonese (w/ English subtitles)

Hilarious; proving the fact that humor transcends languages and cultures. Yes, it is a romantic comedy, and I tend to avoid such movies because they generally compromise one for the other, but this one had the right amount of each. Lots of true-isms sprinkled between the funny dialog, specially, between the "prospective candidates." Good use of set locations and wonderful cinematography work. It could have had an alternate ending and I would have left it at that and not gone for the feel-good ending. My Rating: 7.0