An Enjoyable Way to Pass Two Hours
SHANGHAI CALLING is an entertaining "fish-out-of-water" romantic comedy, an American-Chinese co-production.
Daniel Henney plays a hotshot young Chinese-American attorney, born and bred in New York City. Hoping to make partner after winning a major case for his law firm, he is, instead, sent to Shanghai where he doesn't speak the language, nor is he comfortable with the culture. It also appears that he is about to blow a billion dollar deal for a major client of his firm.
Written and directed by Daniel Hsia, SHANGHAI CALLING has a likeable cast, which includes Eliza Coupe, Alan Ruck and Bill Paxton, as well as several amusing sequences. However, watching the film, I couldn't help thinking that it could have been much better had it not been a Chinese-American co-production.
Before I create an international incident, I should explain.
First, much of the dialogue in the movie is in Chinese, which is okay, but the subtitles are so small and...
New look at new China
As my wife and I watched this movie we realized how little we knew about modern China. By the end of the movie we also realized that people are people, both for good and not. Great characters and humor. Hint, by the end of the movie you will be cheering for the common, friendly Chinese. Loved it and will add it to our video library.
Cute movie
This was a funny movie. Very amusing. Asian American who is very American gets sent to Shanghai to work, and he didn't want to go.
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