Reviewed by: jfierro Date: 12/21/1999 Ann Hui seems to think if she puts two top-notch actors in a series of scenes designed to elicit your emotions, then she has made a good film. While you come away admiring the acting abilities of the two leads, the film never really comes together. The main problem is Ann Hui's inability to provide a cohesive narrative, or give the film any focus. It's a pity, too, because Roy Chiao is an amazing actor, and this may be his best performance yet.

Reviewed by: kjohnson Date: 12/09/1999 It's excellent. It's about a family who gets stuck taking care of the husband's father, who has Alzheimer's disease and has regressed to a child-like state. This is no soft, fuzzy fantasy. It's very realistic, but at the same time, Ann Hui (who is becoming one of my favorite directors) makes the movie very warm and humorous. Josephine Siao ("Mom" from Fong Sai Yuk) is tremendous.

Reviewed by: spinali Date: 12/08/1999 Summary: NULL Only HK would dare a comedy on the trials of Alzheimer'sdisease. And only in HK could the film make a near-sweep of their yearly film awards. Josephine Siao is a small time businesswoman who imports fifty-six kinds of mainland toilet paper, and knows every account by name (even when the computer doesn't). But her grizzly bear father-in-law (Roy Chiao), a sturdy specimen in perfect physical health, doesn't seem to know anybody around the house anymore, which of course means laffs galore. He's also given to unexpected walks to places unknown, shoots imaginary fighter pilots from the skies at night, and uses the family shrine as a urinal. And so forth. The remainder of the plot has Siao trying to find a home for her dad, with mixed results. A movie can't go wrong with such studied political incorrectness (most of it carried off perfectly), but it's painfully typical in just about every other way -- and rather sentimental. (2.5/4) [Reviewed by Steve Spinali] Reviewer Score: 6