Produced to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the Hong Kong Handover, Mr. Cinema is an entertaining and touching look back at over thirty years of Hong Kong history. Anthony Wong stars as Zhou (translated as "left"), a fervent leftist and Chinese cinema fan who works as a projectionist in a Hong Kong movie theater specializing in Mainland cinema. Zhou is a staunch believer in the idealism presented in Mainland films, and uses the motto "all for one, and one for all" to guide his everyday life. But Hong Kong experiences constant change through events as diverse and disastrous as the Asian Financial Crisis and SARS, and Zhou finds it difficult to hold his family together. Despite years of loyalty, his wife (Teresa Mo) is starting to feel neglected, and his materialistic son (Ronald Cheng) has become alienated. As the years roll by, will this old leftist find his way in changing Hong Kong, or will he be left behind?
Director Samson Chiu previously achieved commercial and critical success with the Golden Chicken films, which are similar to Mr. Cinema in that they illuminate recent Hong Kong history through local characters and perspectives. Mr. Cinema delivers a good history lesson, but is very much about character, presenting an affectionate portrait of Hong Kong and its hard working, resilient people. Anthony Wong is wonderful as the aging leftist Zhou, as is Ronald Cheng in a surprising dramatic turn as Chong (translated as "middle"), Zhou's forever-conflicted son. Fine support is turned in by Teresa Mo and Karen Mok (as Chong's life-long sweetheart), and the passing panorama of Hong Kong history is exceptionally touching for anyone with a soft spot for the region. An intelligent and accomplished commercial work, Mr. Cinema is by turns funny, uplifting, and poignant, and is easily one of the most relevant Hong Kong films of 2007.
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