Excerpt from Original URL: http://www.cinematical.com/2006/04/29/a-report-from-the-front-lines-the-49th-san-francisco-internati/
Posted Apr 29th 2006 7:00PM by Jeffrey M. Anderson
Filed under: San Francisco International Film Festival
Perhaps Love
An underrated director of high romantic swells and deep emotional eddys, Hong Kong director Peter Chan has so far graced us with Comrades, Almost a Love Story (1996) and his American debut The Love Letter (1999), but Perhaps Love -- his first feature in 6 years -- feels a bit too eager to please. Like a whirlwind All That Jazz, the musical Perhaps Love tells the story of a director (Jacky Cheung -- who sings several numbers with an incredible set of pipes), an actor (Takeshi Kaneshiro) and an actress (Zhou Xun) who have known each other for years, have always worked together and who pull at each other's heartstrings. Chan flashes back to the story's beginning while flashing forward to the film in production as well as the film's finished scenes. It's all a bit much, like being whacked in the face by a pinwheel. Chan grasps hold of several heartfelt moments, but the film is as exhausting as it is moving.
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