Shanghai Calling

Name: Shanghai Calling
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: February 8, 2013
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 45

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Release Date: February 8, 2013 | PG-13

Summary: In this romantic comedy, an ambitious New York attorney is sent to Shanghai where he quickly finds himself in a legal mess that threatens his career, but with the help of a beautiful relocation specialist and her contacts, he soon learns to appreciate the wonders of Shanghai.

Director: Daniel Hsia

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 100 min

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Mick LaSalle

Feb 12, 2013

As for the story, it's in some ways inevitable, but it has enough barbs and curves to keep it new. The smartest touch is that the young lawyer is, as a moral entity, a work in progress. Read full review

Andy Webster

Feb 14, 2013

Though Mr. Hsia, a television alumnus who also wrote the script, has created a somewhat predictable story infused with stereotypes old and new, he gains mileage from light humor, buoyant energy and some appealing performers. Read full review

Robert Abele

Feb 14, 2013

Hsia has an appealingly slick visual style for the fast-paced if predictable turns in Sam's story, shooting the gleaming, bustling Shanghai as if it had finally earned its big-Hollywood-romantic-comedy stripes as a setting for the usual fish-out-of-water jokes, broad humor, meet-cutes, silly coincidences and happy endings. Read full review

Rex Reed

Feb 12, 2013

As the narrative builds, the movie shows how the harassed and impatient Chinese-American finds tolerance, acceptance of others, inner salvation and love. A lot for one movie to negotiate, not always successfully, but the enjoyment factor is obvious. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Feb 15, 2013

The movie wants to say something significant about the excitement and alienation of life in a strange — which is to say, new — place. The film never gets there, but its aims are honorable, and the lovingly shot Shanghai scenery does enhance the trip. Read full review

Kenji Fujishima

Feb 13, 2013

If you prefer your social commentary in the form of a glorified sitcom with broad humor and even broader caricatures, look no further. Read full review

Matt Singer

Feb 12, 2013

Through it all, Henney is an appealing screen presence, but he’s trapped in a movie that puts regurgitated sitcom shtick and regional economic boosterism ahead of character and humor. Read full review

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