The Wedding Banquet

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Landon J @Minxsykitty Jul 28 You know I actually really liked this. What's special about it is that it portrays a sense of reality when confronting situations like this in real life. Sometimes things aren't easy or neat, but our cast handles it all with grace and respect. Very tender and heartfelt, especially the ending! See more Joy B. @9mr_0 Jan 6 الفيلم جيد . يقدّم سردًا متوازنًا يجمع بين الدراما و الكوميديا والمواقف العائلية، مع تصوير دقيق يعكس الثقافة الصينية كنت سعيد بالتعرف عليها و كانت قريبه من ثقافتنا العربية .أداء الممثلين الرئيسيين قوي و خصوصا الاب و الام حظورهم كان طاغي وادائهم كان يسيطر على المشهد . الشخصيات تطورت بشكل جيد ، بينما الشخصيات الثانوية تضيف لمسة كوميدية خفيفة. من الناحية الفنية، العمل متقن في الإخراج، التصوير، والموسيقى التي كانت اكثر من رائعه . من منظور شخصي، وبصراحة: الفيلم يعرض موضوع المثلية الجنسية وهذا لا يتوافق مع قيمي وموقفي الشخصي، لذلك بالنسبة لي، هذا الجانب يقلل من ارتباطي العاطفي بالفيلم. ومع ذلك، يمكن الاعتراف بأن الفيلم جيد من ناحية السرد والتمثيل والإخراج. See more Kalissa H. @kali_416 Nov 5 Really emotional at times. I was not a fan of the fact that there was no consent in the after wedding scene, not a great. The remake does that storyline better with consent from both parties. See more Noel L @RT15930389 Oct 26 Now I know where the idea of Just Go With It came from. Except this movie was way better in quality See more thiago s @Thiagostone Sep 19 Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom See more Haiku R @RT61909310 11/08/2023 [Slight spoilers] An East-West drama, which is sweet but also profoundly sad - in the end the conservative values of the parents win out, it's not about individual happiness or fulfilment that matter but fulfilling one's familial duty (in this case, to have an over the top wedding and most importantly, producing an heir - mainly making Pa happy). In 1993 it may have seemed open minded, thirty years later we can feel sorry for Simon and Wei Wei, who are innocents caught up in Wai Tung's family drama. It's hard to watch poor Simon, already the giver & carer in a somewhat unequal relationship, smile through the gross heteronormativity of the wedding banquet and weeks of play-acting the landlord/friend while being cut-down by his boyfriend for not speaking Mandarin well enough or giving awkward presents - yet he cares for Wai Tung's parents more tenderly than Wai Tung. Not to mention Wei Wei, who is doing this just for a green card but comes to model the ideal daughter-in-law (and maybe really loves Wai Tung), in the last scene curtly cut down by Wai Tung's father who realizes what is going on - his family is "forever grateful" to her for her role in preserving the lineage but apart from that her happiness and security don't mean much. Both of them saw what was happening and almost took steps to walk away but in the end got carried away with the romance of it; it's a 'happy' ending but in the end neither of them can count on anything; Simon's stuck with this very cool and conflicted boyfriend who won't stick up for him; Wei Wei is an odd third whose value is reduced to her womb, without any hint she deserves a love of her own. See more Read all reviews

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