Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity

While I'm not going to be as harsh on the film as Frank L., this is a movie that has some great material to work with but was compromised by the director not following through.Characters started speaking English at times... Full review

While criticized by the one viewer over the film's perceived cultural inaccuracies, I found this film to be delightful and touching. The setting is an Asian enclave in a Northwest Canadian coastal city where a 12 year old girl, lives... Full review

I feel this movie was great for a number of reasons. The lead character was charming, earnest, and while not a seasoned actress he had a strong grasp of her role that brought immediate sympathy.The story was outrageous, but it's... Full review

A sweet but slight portrait of Chinese-Canadian community outside Vancouver, Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity benefits from two wonderful leads — Sandra Oh and Valerie Tian – but comes out a bit short everywhere else. Oh (who is really Korean-Canadian,... Full review

This movie is made by a Canadian Chinese director who does not understand Chinese culture. She does not even speak the language. Now, how many chinese people who speak perfect English would work in a chinese restaurant as portrayed in... Full review

This movie is quite charming and humourous. The Chinese Canadian characters are incredibly superstitious to the point of being a bit over the top. I wonder if they are like that in real life, or whether it wasn't deliberately exagerrated.... Full review

This is a completely charming movie about a little girl's attempts to use traditional Chinese magic to improve her mother's life. Valerie Tian completely steals the show in the role of the little girl. Sandra Oh and Chang Tseng also... Full review

Shum skillfully balances the script's gentle humor with the persistent flashes of painful drama seen throughout the film to fashion a funny and touching picture. ... Full Review

Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity weaves three interconnected stories set in Vancouver's Chinese community into a magical and heart-warming film. Long Life is the story of an older security guard named Shuck (Chang Tseng) who loses his job and tries to hide the shame from his wife (Tsai Chin). ... Full Review

In Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity, an adolescent girl tries to fix the world with magic. Using a book of Taoist charms from the local Fortune Telling and Appliance Repair Shop, Mindy (Valerie Tian) hopes to find a missing turtle,... ... Full Article