Reviews

A gay uncle who lost on his affair and career and even his suicide; a father who taught others how to success but turned out himself to be a loser; a vulgar taking-drugs grandpa who died on a would-be-pleasant travel; a teenager who was dreaming of flying and found himself suffering from color blindness… Maybe I am such a mean guy who can't help laughing all through these unfortunate people's miserable experience. And when the families were pushing the car the first time, I even thought it a outmoded convention. But afterwards I just can't hold my tears every time the bgm on. Maybe you haven't dropped (wouldn't drop) tears like I awkwardly did, but I'm sure you have found (will find) your heart heavy oddly at the least. That is because we can all find our dreads in the smart script, admitting it or not. So even though you are a tough guy who sees tears as a symbol of shame, you would feel somehow blue. I do believe so.

This wonderful work talks more about family than gay-life. it can be separated into 2 parts .the preceding one is full of humor and unrolls the story calmly but not laggardly ,and the latter one would make you heart heavy but without losing hope. Western people maybe can not experience the impotent rejection of young Chinese toward the tumultuous Chinese wedding customs, or understand how devout the filial piety stands in the spirits of every Chinese people. maybe only Chinese can know why Mrs. GAO burst into tears when she heard the engine roaring of the car carrying her son and pregnant daughter-in-law, and why Mr. GAO gave a red-paper-pack of money as a birthday gift to "his another son" Simon after attacked by apoplexy which cause by knowing his son a gay man, and still asked Simon to assist himself in pretending unaware of anything.

It's a fabulous movie that makes me watch it again and again and again. when I was still a childlike teenager, I thought Ang Lee's movies were all so boring that i fell in asleep every time. And when I grown a little up and more sensitive but still childish, I found all his films so amazing that I can't help holding tears in my eyes at that moment.