Starring: Sammi Cheng, Ching Wan Lau, Tian-lin Wang, Simon Yam, Kelly Lin Directed By: Ka-Fai Wai, Johnny To Average Rating: Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: DVD Format: Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Tai Seng Number of Items: 1 Region Code: 1 Release Date: November 26, 2002 Running Time: 98 minutes Theatrical Release Date: 2002
My Left Eye Sees Ghost One of the funniest movies that I have EVER sesen. I just love it. haha.
What a wonderful film! I had never even heard of this film before it was recommended to me, so I watched it purely on the recommendation. What a great surprise! I had thought it was a horror flic, but as everyone else has pointed out, it's much, much more than that. The scenery is spectacular, the clothes are to die for, the story is touching and comical at the same time. I laughed; I cried; I want my own copy.
When you don't want to say good bye When we meet May (played by Sammi Cheng), she has had the rare experience of meeting, marrying and losing her husband Daniel all within seven days. She inherits his fortune, his luxury house and his vintage car. Daniel's family thinks that she's an airhead and a gold digger but May doesn't do a thing to change their opinions about her. Her mother-in-law doesn't like her much but tolerates her while Daniel's ex-girlfriend and business partner, Susan, hates her openly. The only one who shows some sympathy for May is her sister-in-law, Tina. Three years after losing her husband, May has drifted through life with no purpose or goals. One night, after having one too many drinks, she falls asleep at the wheel and crashes her husband's car. Her disembodied soul encounters a ghost who forces her to return to May's body before it's too late, thus saving her from death. When she wakes up in the hospital, she realizes that her left eye, the one that sustained injury during the accident, is capable of seeing ghosts. From here on, the movie follows the evolving relationship between May and Ken (played by Lau Ching Wan), the ghost who helped her during the accident. He reveals that he was a classmate of hers in elementary school and that he drowned when he was 13. Curiously though, he has the shape of an adult man and when you get to the end of the movie, you'll know why. As their friendship grows stronger, May starts taking interest in life again. She adopts the stray puppies that Ken brings home, grows plants, finds somebody to restore her husband's rare vintage car and to everybody's surprise, she wants to start doing some real work at the family company. Whereas she was indifferent to the people around her, now, she reaches out and helps not only those in this world but the ones in the other world too. Her only regret is that though she has seen many ghosts, she has not seen her husband, the one she longs for the most, but has she? Sometimes we are blind to what is near us. Even though I feel that Sammi Cheng is overacting a bit even for a comedy, she is still very effective at making her character transform from the selfish, not-too-bright chick everybody thinks she is at the beginning of the movie to a genuinely grief stricken woman. Lau Ching Wan also does well at conveying the rascal, reckless, 13-year-old Ken. His character says a lot of nonsense, but that's because he has to convince May that he...oh, well, you'll understand when you see the movie. And don't let the "horror" labeling put you off. If you set the horror elements of this movie aside, what's left at the core is a touching story of two people who must learn to let go in spite of the fact that they love each other very much.
Cute and Romantic My left Eye sees ghosts is the story of May, an irresponsible widow who, after her husband drowns in a scuba accident becomes inconsolable and suicidal. After an accident where she injures her eye, she gains the ability to see dead people. She develops a relationship with Ken, a ghostly acquaintance from her gradeschool days.
Ken teaches her to love again, in a very quirky, humorous manner. This is a romantic film in the tradition of ghost.
What can I say? I liked it. Although I admit at first I didn't like the character of May, I grew to enjoy her quirky eccentricities. The actor who played Ken was believable and romantic. Some scenes were low budget (like the scenes where she is holding the injured puppy on the highway and it is very clearly a toy), or the scenes where Ken is acting 'ghostly,' (the cgi looked cheesy), overall, this is a cute HK flick with a fun and satisfying ending. Nice Work
Great movie I found this little gem by accident. It's a charming little movie with a since of humor - watch it, it's good! I really don't like giving reviews, but I saw this movie only had 3 reviewers and it wasn't enough.. so I'm adding another 5 star to the results...
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