Taipei Exchanges

Taipei Exchanges

Synopsis

This is a story about interchange. Doris and Josie are sisters with completely different characters. Doris was offended by her younger sister’s disregarded deed of initiating an event of trading goods in their coffee shop. After a series of trading and the stories along them, the event eventually changed the sisters’ values and intuitions and they started to look for their own stories.

Official Site: www.taipeiexchanges.com

Singapore Release Date: 15th July 2010, Thursday

Running Time: 86 minutes

Ratings: G

Genre: Comedy | Drama

Cast: Guai Lun-Mei, Lin Zai Zai

Crew: Director (Hsiao Ya-Chuan)

The Trailer

The Review

Taipei Exchanges has its moment, but I just doesn’t feel it when some of the scenes felt forced.

To me this film looks much more like an advertisement to visit Taiwan, where it seems too polished.

I however like the narrative aspect of the movie, where it wasn’t too annoying, plus the excellent choice of music and scores made it watchable.

I have to highlight however Guai Lun-Mei was brilliant. The young actress made the character her own, and props for that.

The Good

• Interesting sub-plots

The Bad

• Weak character development
• You’re wondering who is the person who was narrating?

Editor’s Ratings