Shanghai Calling

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Cast & Crew

Daniel Henney
Sam

Eliza Coupe
Amanda

Bill Paxton
Donald

Alan Ruck
Marcus Groff

Geng Le
Awesome Wang

Zhu Zhu
Fang Fang

Christine Francois
Georgia

Sean Gallagher
Brad

Jingwu Gao
Ba

Qian Zuo Guo
Popo

Daniel Hsia
Director

Daniel Hsia
Screenwriter

Allen Chao
Executive Producer

Richard Chao
Executive Producer

Agnes Kung
Executive Producer

Yuting Zhao
Executive Producer

Xia Zheng
Executive Producer

Klaus Badelt
Original Music

Christopher Carmichael
Original Music

Armando Salas
Cinematographer

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• Feb 09, 2013

  Shanghai Calling is an entertaining romantic comedy and very accurate portrayal of expatriate life in Shanghai, China. Daniel Hsia, the writer and director, has created a funny and strangely personal adventure of an American executive navigating the personal and professional idiosyncrasies of modern expat/Chinese culture. I can attest to this given I also was an expat executive in Shanghai. (Several scenes are shot in Vizcaya, the exact same housing complex I lived in from 2005 to 2008.) While it may not be as funny for those that haven't had similar experiences, there is still enough unique comedy scenes to make it an enjoyable romp for most. What makes it stand out from most of Hollywood's stereotypical coverage of life in China is that it takes conventional perceptions of China and turns them on its head.
  Mark B Super Reviewer
• Feb 09, 2013

  Shanghai Calling is an entertaining romantic comedy and very accurate portrayal of expatriate life in Shanghai, China. Daniel Hsia, the writer and director, has created a funny and strangely personal adventure of an American executive navigating the personal and professional idiosyncrasies of modern expat/Chinese culture. I can attest to this given I also was an expat executive in Shanghai. (Several scenes are shot in Vizcaya, the exact same housing complex I lived in from 2005 to 2008.) While it may not be as funny for those that haven't had similar experiences, there is still enough unique comedy scenes to make it an enjoyable romp for most. What makes it stand out from most of Hollywood's stereotypical coverage of life in China is that it takes conventional perceptions of China and turns them on its head.
  Mark B Super Reviewer
• Jan 21, 2013

  The latest comedy written and directed by Daniel Hsia is his debut feature. It is about a Chinese American who speaks no Chinese dealing with his relocation to Shanghai. The movie opened in Chinese cinemas last week. [img]http://www.2film15.in/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Shanghai-Calling-2012.jpg[/img] The film stars American Korean Daniel Henney as Sam, an attorney from New York City. Sam is sent to China by his employer with no knowledge of the local language and customs. The culture clash is huge and he tries to tackle it but with no success - we are witnessing his embarrassing encounters with locals as he tries to understand how things work in China. Eliza Coupe plays his relocation specialist and later Sam's romantic interest. The cast includes Geng Le and Zhu Zhu but even with them the acting is bellow average. The main problem of this movie is that comes out as a kind of a cross cultural romcom with nothing behind it! You could say that there is semi-cute romance and lightweight comedy but the thing you'll remember is that the director is really trying hard taking his time to highlight the virtues of China in general and the city of Shanghai in particular. This official US-China co-production is like some kind of advertising designed to appeal to both Asian and Western audiences... but talking with my friends from both sides - wasn't very successful doing it!
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