Old Fox (2023)

Old Fox (2023). 1h 52m

“Such a good movie yet Taiwan stupidly and perplexingly selected the entertaining but much common and much much inferior u0026quot;Marry My Dead Bodyu0026quot; (Netflix) for its Oscar entry which of course meant Taiwan was thrown out of even a nomination. How foolish!u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOld Fox is a well-acted, nicely scripted drama that skilfully navigates the difficult pass between sappy melodrama and hard realism, filled with characters that are endearing, believable and relatable.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eJust one essential criticism -u0026gt; the last few minutes with the adult son was not only totally unnecessary, it caused the movie to veer distastefully into sappy mundanity leaving a sickly aftertaste of what could have been otherwise a pristine sparkly imprint. Itu0026#39;s a lingering mark of doubt the director may have had in the strength of the movie that preceded, to want to add in such an amateurish appendage that could only – and did – diminish what had been built.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFor some inexplicable reason, Old Fox seems to have fallen into a grey zone in the audience market despite it being a significantly better offering than 80% of whatu0026#39;s out there.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFor instance, mine is the first audience review on IMDb eventhough itu0026#39;s been out for a while, and I was only one of two audience in the theatre.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eGo watch it. HIGHLY recommended!”