After This, Our Exile

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04/06/2015 Patrick Tam's New Wave revisit. Alrightee in general. See more 02/17/2015 slow plodding look at a DISFUNCTIONAL family. and as a sidebar who would name their child Boy?/ WTF what happens when they r grown up? See more 12/09/2011 Heavily tense drama, emotionally ravaging See more 06/30/2010 It s very challenging in how far it goes to show that a lazy father can sacrifice his son--and a mum simply abandon him-, making it a really depressing movie, but an interesting one because the redemption you would expect never comes. there is no happy ending, and it is admirable, if wrenching, for that reason. loved the cinematography and the Malaysian background. The furniture in the family house is great, and is already shown with the right lighting, but thought the sex scenes were a bit over the top. See more 05/24/2010 This movie makes me feel hopeless. But the story may be close to some parts of the reality in some places. See more 04/17/2010 I’ve never watched anything by Patrick Tam before, so I didn’t know what to expect, but if you wanted to see a collection of sad and desperate human beings without the director inserting the obligatory “Look here, sympathise with them!” moments, you get them all here. His hands off approach may be frustrating to some, and because I watched the Director’s Cut (clocking in at a somewhat overly long 2 hours and 40 minutes) the meandering plot isn’t always transparent or emotionally charged, and in fact seems to go in one interminable circle at times, for you don’t see sudden or visible character growth. But it’s very much like the director’s forward – if some part of it touches you, it’s a success. Charlie Yeung is all right; Ng King To didn’t show as much ‘mindblowing’ depth as I expected from him, given his success at the HKFA and Golden Horse Awards, but still a very endearing performance; Aaron Kwok is really good, much better than all the other times he overacts with textbook efficiency, and dare I say, he deserved his Golden Horse. See more Read all reviews

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