This is a movie about two people (Gigi Leung and Takeshi Kaneshiro), who are destined to be together but by some twist of circumstances they never find each other.This is a movie about two people (Gigi Leung and Takeshi Kaneshiro), who are destined to be together but by some twist of circumstances they never find each other.This is a movie about two people (Gigi Leung and Takeshi Kaneshiro), who are destined to be together but by some twist of circumstances they never find each other.
- Awards
- 1 win & 11 nominations total
- June
- (as Béatrice Hsu)
- George
- (as Hui Shiu Hung)
- Restaurant Manager
- (as Lam Suet)
- Music Producer
- (as Tse Loh Sze)
- Landlord
- (as Wang Te Chih)
- Landlady
- (as Ku Wang Su-chin)
- Dr. Hu
- (Cantonese version)
- (voice)
- (as Chan Suk Yee)
- Ruby
- (Cantonese version)
- (voice)
- (as Angela Tong)
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But it does show you a great directing (loved the two umbrellas), a great story, simple but great, good actors, some funny moments, some sad moments. A story that you start to enjoy the further the minutes pass, and without noticing you will find yourself wanting the main character to reunite with each other! A movie to watch, and that proves that Johnny To is one of the best director in Asia!
A great story, a story of two people, that can never met, a story of two umbrellas, that we can see from above, but that never cross each other.
Turn Right, Turn Left : Just a great story !
They are both convinced that a sudden passion has joined them Such certainty is beautiful but uncertainty is more beautiful still Since they have never met before they are sure that there had been nothing between them.
But what's the word from the streets, staircases and hallways ---------- perhaps they have passed by each other a million times
This poem perfectly encapsulates the essence of the movie. A movie about coincidence, connections about second and third and fourth chances. A movie about the power of destiny and yet at the same time about the power of uncertainty.
Moments and opportunities pass by us and often we fail to look at them, but they may come back to us. Hopeless or Hopeful, a romantic will always find a way.
Review written by artist jayakumar jrain.
Personally I like this movie very much as a great love story and fairy tail for the grownups. I believe the movies might be more touching for the Asians, (especially for the residents in Taipei or Taiwan, where I came from and the movie filmed) since the whole movie surrounds only one single idea in Chinese as "Yuan-fen", which is deep rooted in Asians' mind and personally I think there is still not a proper vocab for translation. ("Fate" is close but not exact.) And the story, the people, and the scenes are so familiar for me that it just like my neighbor's story.
Another reason I might suggest to treat this movie as a fairy tale is that they do have many goofs or things seems not so logical in the movie, as described by other users. But who cares? Just like nobody questions why the lion in the wizard of oz is so coward. This is still a great love story and grownup fairy tail for me.
The story revolves around dashing John Liu (Takeshi Kaneshiro), an inspiring violinist and Eve Choi (Gigi Leung), a professional translator. Like millions living in a large city, John and Eve lead lives of solitude. Despite staying in the same apartment building, their paths never cross. One day, while walking around a fountain in the park, they finally bump into each other... and it's love at first sight! Unfortunately, a sudden shower cuts the encounter short. They manage to exchange telephone numbers but the rain renders the phone numbers illegible.
Inseparable partners, directors Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai who have worked together on many projects like Running On Karma, Love On a Diet, Love for All Seasons & etc, manage to recreate the magic of Jimmy Liao's story on the big screen. Even the lovely soundtrack with three songs by Gigi Leung blends well in a 'supporting' role. The pacing of the movie is just right. The audience will be in constant anticipation of the couple's next meeting, as meddling acquaintances, a former schoolmate (Edmund Chen), a food delivery girl (Terri Kwan) and pure bad luck, conspire to keep the would-be-lovers apart.
Meanwhile the leads, Takeshi and Gigi, share good on-screen chemistry together, albeit briefly. Of course the two had previously appeared together in the 1999 romantic hit film, Tempting Heart.
Turn Left Turn Right is a charming movie worth watching at least twice.
Did you know
- TriviaDebut of actress Wei-Lun Hsu.
- Quotes
John Liu: If two people meet and they both fall in love, that's destiny for sure.If neither loves the other, even if they meet millions of times, it's still not destiny.If one's in love and the other isn't, and the one who's in love grabs on and won't let go while the other just wants to run away, not only is it not destiny... It's pain.
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- Turn Left, Turn Right
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- Gross worldwide
- $2,083,193
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1