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Well, I expected more from this given the acclaim it gets but it's got that trippy, over the top thing that many Hong Kong movies tend to have and it doesn't agree with me. Watched it for Leslie and to see what Shu Qi's risque scenes were all about. I guess you could say she fitted perfectly into the story and Leslie gets the meatiest role as the lead and we already know he can act. The only thing that lingered with me was Director Yee's gesture and how that affects Sing in a scene and sadly the parallel to the actor's choice a few years later. I can't help feeling it was a little prophetic, but of course we tend to read into things.

Glenn Close's character speaks about movies that make you laugh and cry. This is one of those, although tbh it makes you cry a lot more than it makes you laugh, or even smile. I cried buckets.

A TV movie, but those can be really good and with this cast it's almost impossible to fail. There's something magical about Danny and his mom and their quiet talks outside. Directed by Christopher Reeve. A short movie but very touching. It's very predictable but the beauty is in the dialogue and the chemistry that the characters have or do not have. All actors contribute here, even those with minor roles. Bridget Fonda's is thankless and limited but she does well too. I guess it could've been longer and probed more into dad and sis. But it's fine.

This man is trauma-bonded, otherwise I cannot for the life of me accept this. And she is worse. That shift and that confession and his reaction, I mean this is the most twisted romance ever posing as wholesome first love.

Anyway, surprisingly I liked this a whole lot more than the series about the tweens, possibly because there's almost no teasing in this one. They're adults forced to think about adult stuff, only they barely manage to... Anyway, I must've liked overall it since I struggled to watch this over two torturous overnight flights to and from Istanbul, tinkering with the clearly tired and much-abused in-flight entertainment system.