Tian sheng dan xiao (1994) Poster

User Reviews

Review this title
2 Reviews
Sort by:
Filter by Rating:
5/10
early work
JueqW18 August 2022
Warning: Spoilers
The scriptwriter is FENG XIAOGANG, who actually this early on, knew how to make his characters lovable. Despite of less modernized, commercialized dialogue lines, it was not as stimulating as standardized commercial movies. It actually is more like the current soul-healing Taiwan style story, commonly set in rural small towns, where everyone is connected to each other, deeply caring each other, and has their own little quirks sustained despite of being grown-ups. The crimes he/LIANG TIAN solved were like, a teenager who stole video games and ate watermelons, made the beds and soaked the dishes during break-ins; a thieve gangster who stole an ex-cop's wallet who he was assigned to escort back from prison by his police boss.

The time sequence pinned by GUOZU was interesting, but the montage was too slow. The players had such good outfits, the Nikes and Onitsuka Tiger(i guess)!!!
0 out of 0 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote.
Permalink
Not as dull as dish water, but not tasty soup either
zzmale5 April 2004
The literal translation of the title of this movie is: Natural Born coward.

This classification of this movie should be crime/comedy is more proper, though it remains a question whether it was the original intend of the film crew to make it a comedy or not.

The three crimes were loosely based on the truth crime that really happened, and the film crew put them together for the story. Originally, the real cops who solved these crimes would probably be offended by the protagonist in this movie, but the accidental comic effect would certainly mitigate such impression.

In short, this movie is better than Minjing Gu Shi made in the same year, but not too much better, so it is not as dull as dishwater, but not tasty soup either.
0 out of 0 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote.
Permalink

See also

Awards | FAQ | User Ratings | External Reviews | Metacritic Reviews


Recently Viewed