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Release Date: 05 December, 2000 Retail Price: $19.95 OUR Price: $17.96 You SAVE: $1.99! Cast: Complete Cast (6 total) |
Sausalito Reviews
...Maggie Cheung Finds Leon Lai in Gorgeous San Francisco...
A beautifully photographed and nicely paced romantic comedy, 'Sausalito' stars the gorgeous Maggie Cheung as Ellen who comes to San Francisco where she meets and quickly falls for Mike, played by Leon Lai. They're satisfyingly perfect together-the kind of couple made for romantic comedies... except for their COMPLETELY different personalities. This is what eventually tears them apart and makes them mope around Friso(which never looked so lush thanks to the postcard perfect cinematography) until a series of quirky events including a small miracle and even a minor earthquake send them darting for each other again in a moment that made me cry out "YES!" in a way I haven't since Mikey hung up on his ex in 'Swingers'... This film doesn't feel very HK either, the acting, the Frisco setting and contemporary dialogue make it feel like director Andrew Lau almost tailor-made 'Sausalito' for an American audience despite the Cantonese language track (Never fear- English subtitles are here). Maggie Cheung is fantastic and drop-dead gorgeous as always and Leon Lai is actually quite funny. They are simply wonderful together. Fans of either actor, and fans of romantic comedy (and San Francisco) should definitely check this one out.
It's a sequel to Comrades, almost a love story
Maggie and Leon back again! and the outcome is simply great/ amazing/ irresistable.
Maggie Cheung plays Ellen, a single mother who drives a cab by day and paints expressionistic artwork by night. One night she falls into a one-night stand with Mike (Leon Lai), an Internet mogul who needs to grow up in a big way. You see, he's one of those guys who doesn't like women leaving stuff at his place, and prefers distance and casual sex to intimacy and commitment. Still, Ellen challenges him as he feels he may have found the person who he wants to be with. Ellen isn't so sure. She is a single mother, after all, and she has no time for games in her life.
Seriously, people do not give Andrew Lau credits for being such a good cinematographer.( he's really good at filming, i think he should just be a cinematographer from now on, can you imagine him just filming instead of directing those horrible movies aka Wesley's file). Maggie Cheung is another goodie from this movie. Her presence is so strong and memorable. The emotions and depth she brings to this film is so GOOOODDDD, jeez no wonder she's praised from critics all over the world. Leon's performance was farely well, not as good as Maggie, i think her presence was so big that his performance was shaded/covered by hers.
But trust me, this is not a PERFECT film, but i happen to like the works of Maggie Cheung. and after this movie, i have some respect for Andrew Lau as a cinematographer
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