He's forced to look deep into his roots when his grandmother whom he's never met leaves her house in Shanghai. The identity conflict that arise from being born in one country but raised in another is what I call the 1. The first and second generation of immigrants identify with their country of birth, either the old country or the new one, but those of us that are in between are uniquely cognizant of both cultural pulls.
It's not so bad in Canada where this is nearly the norm nowadays, but the monoculture in the US and the pressure to choose tribes puts a lot of stress on someone like Liam or I imagine, the writer, David Ren, who are both Asian and American and neither. This struggle is brought out sensitively, naturally and is touching without being overly sentimental or preachy. I hope this film what Double Happiness and Sandra Oh did for female Asian-Americans actually Canadian - she's from my home town and acclimate Hollywood to a multi-faceted realistic male Asian lead.
In any case, regardless of the political implications, this is just a good, enjoyable romantic comedy about a young man finding himself and well worth watching. Details Edit. Release date March 17, United States. United States China Hong Kong. Bigfoot Entertainment Official site. English Mandarin. The Shanghai Kid.
Shanghai, China. Technical specs Edit. Runtime 1 hour 46 minutes. Related news. Jun 16 ShockYa. Oct 23 kidspickflicks. Contribute to this page Suggest an edit or add missing content.
Top Gap. What is the Spanish language plot outline for Shanghai Kiss ? An audio commentary featuring the directors and the producer is more interesting than most they discuss the creative freedoms and financial limitations of making an independent film , and a handful of deleted scenes and the trailer round out the package.
But for me, the most interesting part of the DVD was simply the front cover: Shanghai Kiss had the good fortune to be released after Panettiere rocketed to stardom as a cast member on Heroes , and so her smiling face is front and center on the cover. Skip to content Search for:. Run Granny Run. Liam is later asked by his drunk father to go sell a house he inherited from his grandmother in Shanghai. So off he goes to Shanghai. Once there he meets up with his distant Chinese cousin who gets him a nice hotel and a hooker who Ken thinks is a nice girl.
They then go to sell the house but Ken refuses at the last minute because he was ignorant of the exchange rate. Note that Ken is completely Whitewashed in this flick and knows not one ounce of Chinese.
He then travels around the expat, and tourist districts in Shanghai, most notably Pudong district. At a high end bar he meets Micki Kelly Hu after ordering a chocolate martini with just a chocolate bar on a martini. They hit it off. He then recollects himself and does the deed with Micki. Soon he makes a snap decision to stay in Shanghai and goes back to LA to collect some things. Adelaide is upset by this and Liam winds up hanging out with Miki.
He stays there for about 2 months and still does not know a damn word of Mandarin other than how to say umbrella in Chinese when messing with a European tourist. After making these threats Jai Li, orders the car to stop in hybrid Cantonese-Mandarin and Liam finds himself trying to walk back to Pudong from the local slums. He later has lunch with Micki and learns that Jai Li is the one who helped her and her family get out of poverty.
Micki blames Liam for not understanding problems in China when he gets upset over the situation. Liam is heartbroken and tries to sell the house, then refuses at the last minute.
He returns to LA and tries to find Adelaide, who is still pissed at him. He tells her to go explore the world and see life for what it is.
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