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Information
- Year
- 2017
- Runtime
- 94 min.
- Director
- Mina Shum
- Genre
- Drama
- Rating *
- 9.0
- Votes *
- 0
- Checks
- 27
- Favs
- 2
- Dislikes
- 1
- Favs/checks
- 7.4% (1:14)
- Favs/dislikes
- 2:1
Top comments
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Siskoid
So I'm looking for movies starring Don McKellar and/or Sandra Oh, you know, as any normal Canadian might, and I come across one that stars Hong Kong Action Legend(TM) Cheng Pei-pei, and I'm, like, what is THIS?! In Mina Shum's Meditation Park (2017), Cheng is an immigrant housewife who discovers her traditionally controlling husband may be cheating on her, an upheaval that sends her reeling into a world of new experience and wilful independence. In many ways, a quiet slice of life among Vancouver's Chinese community, but it feels momentous and is often funny in that understated way I find many Canadian films. And touching. While Cheng Pei-pei will always be known as an action star through the late 60s and the 70s, she really does have great dramatic chops, and here she's as real and grounded as can be, in a Jeanne Dielman kind of way, but also endearing and even funny. I don't think her character's experience is limited to the Chinese community's either - it's much more about a certain generation, full stop. And yes, Sandra Oh and Don McKellar are also in it and terrific as always. 10 months 2 weeks ago