★ 6 / 10
This movie is weird, uncomfortable at times, and
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This movie is weird, uncomfortable at times, and sometimes downright hostile to the viewer. For the life of me I cannot figure out the audience for this film.…
This movie is weird, uncomfortable at times, and sometimes downright hostile to the viewer. For the life of me I cannot figure out the audience for this film. It's constantly pivoting back and forth between some sort of Disney-esque whimsical kids adventure (Think Mary Poppins or Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) and a raunchy adult sex comedy with nudity and attempted assault. It's so uniquely Hong Kong in how aggressive and bizarre it is, because whatever it's doing at any given time, it has to be the most. It's really a movie you could only make in Hong Kong, but it's also a very interesting look at the social and economic situation of Hong Kong in the 70's. If that interests you, then go for it, but you've got to have a lot of patience and a VERY open mind, and I don't think I can really recommend it to anyone in good conscience.
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★ 10 / 10
The Bewitched Goddess.
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When looking at the quartet of 88 Films Shaw Bros Blu's I had waiting to be played, this one stood out of the pack, thanks to it being the lone non-Action…
When looking at the quartet of 88 Films Shaw Bros Blu's I had waiting to be played, this one stood out of the pack, thanks to it being the lone non-Action flick, which led to me meeting this goddess.
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Whilst sadly not featuring any extras, 88 Films present a very good transfer, with the audio being clean, the English subtitles being well paced, and the image quality of the print being fittingly shiny.
Coming down from Heaven to give everyone a spoonful of sugar,Li Ching gives a magical performance as the Seventh Sister, thanks to Ching blending delivering the comedic dialogue in a cheeky, playful manner, with an intentional, wonderfully overripe expressiveness in the Melodrama of Seventh Sister discovering her former lover on Earth.
Landing on Earth with the Seventh Sister, the screenplay by writer/director Meng-Hua Ho conjures up a splendid seamless criss-crossing of genres, flowing from fish out of water fantasy Sit-Com gags and catchy Musical tunes over Seventh Sister feeling the flames of romance again, to the outstanding strange sight of Seventh Sister encouraging child labour and her laughing in the face of all the jumped-up politicians lusting for her.
Featuring a Musical number where the cast dress up as rabbits, director Ho & The Masked Avengers (1981-also reviewed) cinematographer Hui-Chi Tsao bounce the film along on a spellbinding atmosphere, which lays out the distinctive glossy Shaw Bros colours in whip-pans, glittering tracking shots down the streets of Hong Kong being lit up by magic, changes in film speed for slap-stick antics, and gorgeous close-ups on the beaming smile of the Seventh Sister, a real human goddess.
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5.8/10
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