Release Date: 21 July 2005

Synopsis :

A documentarian funds a NYC doorman's Asian mail order bride in exchange for the right to film the experience. But when Lichi arrives in America, she finds herself married to a recluse with a penchant for sadistic sexual role-playing. Objectivity flies out the window when she and the filmmaker become involved. Twists and turns are plentiful in this tragi-comic love triangle where all is not what it seems

Movie Review:

A movie shot in documentary style; not without the benefits for the adopted executing method - lower production cost and manageable audience’s expectation. It was indeed a well made decision.

Though the movie is about one and a half hour, the length can be felt. To retain the audience’s attention span, the movie could be edited to a feature that is slightly over an hour.

All roles were well depicted; Andrew and Adrian could have very well been playing themselves. Eugenia Yuan gave another stunning performance. She played a desperate mail order bride who was willing to go through almost anything, including cuddling with a snake and pornography, to get the citizenship. However, she is not as simple minded as assumed. Her character would have fritter away much of the sympathy marks, the way she squandered her allowances on pig ornaments, by the end of the movie.

The ruler measuring movie and documentary never comes quite equal. Do not come to this show, expecting interviews or mind boggling statistics, this is a movie documentary offering a triangle-love storyline and …yes… babies-and-pigs-craze shrieking scenes.

Movie Rating:

Review by W.Lee