This movie has all the potential to do well. An important story that must not be forgotten. It is the true story of one of the first Hong Kong actresses (played very well by Maggie Cheung) called Ruan Lingyu, who commited suicide at only 25 years old. However, the film is set far too slow, and therefore is boring the majority of the time. I can usually stick with slow films, if they are done on purpose or not, but this is certainly one that I would never watch again. It is hard to recommend this, because the story is such an important one in the Hong Kong/Chinese movie industry, but it just comes out plain boring. I have struggled to even give this film such a rating as 2.5, but I must say that the 30s setting is perfect (backgrounds and costumes), although the music seemed a bit too far fetched for back then.

Rating (2.5/5)

(This rating is based on the year & genre, so don't think it's based as a comparison on new releases etc.)