Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

asthab If you are looking for one of those happy and feel-good movies, then this one is not for you. However, if you are up for a different experience, knowing it might not end well(who knows!), then you are in for a beautiful ride. Its a simple story. No complications there. Its just the chemistry between the lead guy and the girl is precious. It just goes on to prove that all you need are few dedicated minutes with a person to know if you like them. And sometimes, it helps not to look too far down in the future. Live today - for all you have. The movie is a treat if you want to watch a relaxing movie on a lazy Saturday night. I loved it!

Josh Yau Picture: Anna gets out of prison for 2 days after 7 years on falsely charged crime of killing her husband, because her mother passed away. She returned home to her brother asking for her signature to sell the house; she sees young nephews and nieces that she has never seen before. As family members argue with each other over logistics of the funeral, she walks to the backyard and attempts to make friend with a cat, who led her to see her lover - a man who grew up with her, left her, came back to ask her to divorce her husband, and later killed her husband and never left Anna in prison, with his new wife and a baby. He said, how are you doing, it's good to see you, you still look like a child, and squeezes her cheeks. The film then shows Anna shopping, buying and putting on a dress, earrings, make-up. Throughout the movie Tang Wei does not say much, except in a few outbursts where her emotions accumulates (she did this before in Lust, Caution). You think in this scene, she want something, just a little bit, for herself now. This is a movie where if you put in enough empathy, you might shift uncomfortably in your chair during a few scenes. I walked away thinking, how long will that one kiss, or the one promise, lasts for her in prison? With her understated and unspoken acting, Wei's character appears to be of almost limitless will - and I think she will wait in that cafe for forever. It's a superb script, with brilliant surprises that make emotional sense that superb script has. I think it asks: stripped of all the superficial necessities and orders that make our lives make sense, what happen to us? What would you do if you are Chinese American on a Portland to Seattle bus attending your mother's funeral and need to go back to prison in two days, with the persons you loved leaving you in prison, bumping into a handsome Korean gigolo, who might be the only person in the world that cares about you?

freetogo Two strangers met in a bus trip. Anna has been in jail for 7 years and is on a 3day bail to attend her mom's funeral. Hyunbin is at large and hiding from Police. Anna is a Chinese while Hyunbin is a Korean. In the movie, their only language to communicate is English. Hyunbin see in Anna's eyes knowing that she has numerous unresolved feeling to say but don't want anyone to hear. He encourages her to dub words for passersby and to talk with him in Chinese.In this movie, you can't see any dramatic story. Neither is there sexy love scenes nor violent. All these details are skipped. Instead, it is about how to live para hoy while failing to forget the past.

rainonmebi This movie was pretty bad. I hadn't planned on writing a review for this ever because there was just too much to say but I guess I'll write it anyway. I usually love Korean movies and watch them all the time so I know the format.. they can be overly long and overly sentimental. I digress.The movie started out interesting. However quickly got WTF when Anna was let out of jail on so-called "compassionate leave" WITHOUT an escort OR ankle bracelet not to mention she was in jail for a VIOLENT CRIME. All they gave her was a cell phone to keep track of her (which they only called her twice). so that bothered me.why did they get such bad actors for Americans? all of them sounded like English wasn't their first language... that scene at the bumper cars.omg such bad acting... the scene went on WAYY too long and then that random dance that they did?! it was beautiful, and how it was edited but it had NO place in that movie and made NO sense what so ever! so they ran and were in some meat shop where it was bothering me that they had left the meat sitting out like that and the doors open?!and then, when anna was telling her story to hyunbin, he kept saying hao and hwey and was TOTALLY making everything she said "unserious" and i didn't feel bad for character. everyone in this movie fell flat... that kiss in the end WAS TOO LONG OMG. WTF was that! It was LITERALLY, over a minute long kiss scene. i kept looking at my watch waiting for that movie to be over.i could say more but who will read it? anyway. they tried to shove a comedy a drama and an indie art film into one movie and it DID NOT work.