The over-excited andrepetitious performance from singer/dancer/heartthrob Aaron Kwok risks irritatingaudiences outside the region, and the film itself may well have exhausted itsfestival potential after playing Rome and Pusan thisweek. Tam's tear-jerking dramaabout a cook whose family is torn apart by his inveterate gambling and unpaiddebts displays great technical ability (the director has edited films by Wong Kar wai and Johnny To amongothers) but the script, which he co-wrote, is less than felicitous, and his directionallows the cast too much of a free hand. Hong Kong, 2006.158mins.Įxcruciatingly long and exceedingly over-sentimental,Patrick Tam's After This, Our Exilelooks like a daytime soap, save for a couple of torrid love scenes which may beits best achievement.
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