As you might have guess, THE AGE OF MIRACLES is a nice little Hong Kong film a-la Frank Capra. But I must warn you right away, the only way you will be able to enjoy this movie is if you can overlook Anita Yuen's bad looking old age makeup. I must tell you that it was a real turn off for me and because of that I couldn't enjoy the first half of the movie at his fullest. But after a while I made a deliberate effort to give less importance to this detail so that I could enjoy the film for what it was. There is some very touching moments in this flick which deal with something that everyone can relate to; the fear of dying, the fear of living this world without having had the opportunity to enjoy it to his maximum, the fear of leaving this world without having had the time to tell our loved ones who much we cared for them. All cast members are giving good performances although Anita Yuen acting is very uneven. She isn't very convincing as a granny (the makeup didn't help neither..) but she is excellent as a mother in her forty . Also good was veterant actor Roy Chiao who shine as the mysterious (and most of the time non-speaking) Mr. Death. Beside the makeup the only other thing that I had some occasional problems with was the insisting attempt to make this film a "family picture", filled with cute humour and magic. Sometimes it worked but at other times it make me grind one's teeth. But beside that I had a good time. To be quite honest, I almost shed a tears at some occasion. It's not as great as everybody says but it worth to be seen.

[Reviewed by Martin Sauvageau]