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- 2001
- Not Rated
- First Run Features
- 1 h 36 m
- 2001
- Not Rated
- First Run Features
- 1 h 36 m
Summary After placing an add in the personals, a young Taiwanese woman searches through the numerous replies in her quest for a husband.
Directed By: Kuo-Fu Chen
Written By: Shih-Chieh Chen, Yu-hui Chen, Kuo-Fu Chen
- 2001
- Not Rated
- First Run Features
- 1 h 36 m
- 2001
- Not Rated
- First Run Features
- 1 h 36 m
Zheng hun qi shi
72
5.2
Summary After placing an add in the personals, a young Taiwanese woman searches through the numerous replies in her quest for a husband.
Directed By: Kuo-Fu Chen
Written By: Shih-Chieh Chen, Yu-hui Chen, Kuo-Fu Chen
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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91% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
72
91% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
9% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
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A subtly comic, ultimately moving film about modern adult relationships.
Director Chen Kuo-fu adds a refreshingly wry humor to this view and then deftly throws in some wrenching moments and an ultimately astounding final twist.
Liu is dazzling as the heroine, and the movie as a whole strikes a lovely balance between comedy and compassion.
Although rife with comic possibilities, The Personals develops into a somber tale of personal identity.
By no means any kind of masterpiece, but viewed as one might any number of American or European independents of similar theme and nature, it not only stands its ground, but is at times one or two notches better than many of them.
Each scene is beautifully written and exquisitely shot, and the sum total is an unusually perceptive picture of urban loneliness.
An intelligent, perceptive film. It's good enough to make you wish Chen hadn't sacrificed emotional complexity for a last-minute surprise.
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Awards
Golden Horse Film Festival
• 1 Win & 7 Nominations
Asia-Pacific Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Paris Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
