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Tragic
Commitment |
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Year: |
1995 |
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Director: |
Frankie
Chan Fan-Kei |
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Cast: |
Anita
Yuen Wing-Yee, Julian
Cheung Chi-Lam, Deannie
Yip Tak-Han, Josie
Ho Chiu-Yee, Eileen Wu Ming-Sun, Dennis
Chan Kwok-San, Raymond
Tso Wing-Lim |
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The
Skinny: |
Overbearingly
directed women's drama that features a good central
performance from star Anita Yuen, but bad everything
else. |
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Review
by Kozo: |
Three-hankie
chick drama finds gynecologist Anita Yuen in a sticky
situation. Her loving husband Julian Cheung (Anita Yuen's
real-life boyfriend) dies suddenly, leaving her heartbroken.
Even worse, Anita is left with a grandson-wanting mother-in-law
(the stoic Deannie Yip) and - get this - her dead husband’s
pregnant mistress (Josephine Ho)! Deannie wants to keep
the kid, leaving Anita and Josephine at odds.
Despite the solid soap-opera
set-up, the film is completely undone by stupid plot
twists, unconvincing acting, and god-awful music. Josephine
Ho's performance has the subtlety of a flying mallet,
and Deannie Yip is haughty to a fault. What gives this
film minimal points is the final image of the film:
Anita Yuen as a mother. Yuen turns in a compellingly
restrained performance, considering that the girl was
all of 24 when she did the movie.
Otherwise, the film's climax
is a total joke and that music! Roel Garcia did a great
job on Fallen Angels, but he dropped the ball
here. Every music cue is telegraphed and overdone with
hackneyed crescendos signaling danger, drama, or whatnot.
This is not one for the ages. (Kozo 1996) |
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Availability: |
DVD
(Hong Kong)
Region 3 NTSC
Intercontinental Video Ltd. (IVL)
16x9 Anamorphic Widescreen
Cantonese and Mandarin Language Tracks
Dolby Digital
Removable English and Chinese subtitles |
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