Gone Shopping (2007)

Gone Shopping: Directed by Li Lin Wee. With Kym Ng, Adrian Pang, Aaron Kao, Sonya Nair. Clara decides to live at a shopping center during a midlife crisis. Amid the strange life move, she begins making unexpected bonds in the mall she now calls home.

“I didnu0026#39;t even know what I was getting myself into when I sat down to watch the 2007 movie u0026quot;Gone Shoppingu0026quot; from writer and director Li Lin Wee. All I knew was that it was an Asian movie, and that alone is actually enough to spark my interest in a movie.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI watched u0026quot;Gone Shoppingu0026quot;, and initially I wasnu0026#39;t overly fond of it. But now that the movie have had some time to sink it, I am actually starting to like it more and more, because the movie is actually a wonderful satirical presentation of how we are as humans and how we are ruled by an endless need for more and more, consumerism at its finest.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;Gone Shoppingu0026quot; is somewhat of an acquired taste, and this movie will definitely not have an easy and broad appeal for the audience at large.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe storyline is somewhat confusing at first, especially because we follow multiple characters and storylines, but they are all centered around the same shopping centre, and the events that transpire within.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI will say that the character gallery in u0026quot;Gone Shoppingu0026quot; was interesting and very varied. This was good, because the individual storylines will have individual appeal to the audience, and the actors and actresses that they had for the various roles were actually doing quite nicely with their given roles and characters. I wasnu0026#39;t familiar with the cast here in the movie, which was something I really enjoy, as there are no associations to previously portrayed characters. Kym Ng (playing Clara Wong) really carried the movie phenomenally.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf you enjoy Asian movies and want to watch something that is not mainstream and mass produced in following a certain how-to-make-a-movie blueprint, then you should take the time to sit down and watch u0026quot;Gone Shoppingu0026quot;. It is definitely in a league of its own.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI am rating it six out of ten stars. The movie is somewhat of a curveball, but let it simmer and give it time to sink in, because there are so many levels and facets to the movie.”