Love in Space

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Year of release: 2011

Genre: romantic comedy

Directors: Wing Shya, Tony Chan

Action director: An Wan-De

Producers: Fruit Chan, Zhang Da-Jun, Tom Cheung, Yang Ting-Kai

Writers: Tony Chan, Ho Man-Man

Cinematography: Bartek Kaczmarek

Editing: Fruit Chan, Wenders Li

Music: Eddie Chung

Stars: Aaron Kwok, Eason Chan, Rene Liu, Kwai Lun-Mei, AngelaBaby, Xu Fan, Boran Jing, Liu Jin-Shan, Du Hai-Tao, Gordon Liu, Chapman To

Rated IIA for mild language

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With Mainland China's rising economy, there has been a growth in the number of people who are now able and willing to pay to see movies in theatres, rather than through bootlegs. This means the Mainland is rapidly becoming one of the world's biggest film markets, and so it is inevitable that western companies are looking to get a slice of the pie. Following the success of its' first picture produced specifically for the Mainland audience, Hot Summer Days, Twentieth Century Fox released Love in Space.

Reuniting much of the same cast and crew from Hot Summer Days, Love in Space is a Lunar New Year release that follows the usual template for the season's releases, being a fairly innocuous star-studded romantic comedy. The story focuses on the love lives of three sisters (Rene Liu, Kwai Lun-Mei, and AngelaBaby) and their former, current, or ex-boyfriends (Aaron Kwok, Eason Chan, and Boran Jing). The stories are held together by the girls' relationship with their mother (Xu Fan) who has a budding romance of her own.

Longtime readers of this site will know films like this aren't exactly my cup of tea or, more appropriately, can of beer. Like most guys, I'm much more prone to watching stuff getting blown up real good rather than watching a feel-good romantic comedy. However, for what it is, Love in Space isn't bad.

Now, dear reader, before nerd rage sets in and you start firing off angry flame-tinged e-mails to this beleagured reviewer, I will admit that, yes, Love in Space doesn't extend itself in any way, but, in all honesty, this is not the sort of film you watch to dwell on deep meditation regarding the frailty of the human spirit. It's something to throw on in order to provide light entertainment, perhaps running in the background while you're occupied with something more exciting, such as matching and folding clean socks. And, in that sense, it succeeds, at least to a small extent.

RATING: 5.5