Heiratskandidaten (1998)
11KHeiratskandidaten: Directed by Kuo-Fu Chen. With Rene Liu, Wu Bai, Chao-jung Chen, Pao-Ming Ku. An attractive and successful doctor places a personal ad in a newspaper to try to meet (and eventually marry) Mr. Right. A succession of blind dates ensues, featuring men who are lonely, desperate, dangerous and perverted.
“Itu0026#39;s a jungle out there The Personals is a movie for anyone who hasnu0026#39;t yet found what theyu0026#39;re looking for or who remembers how tough it can be to find it. Rene Liu plays an eye doctor whou0026#39;s become disaffected with her present life and is craving something more namely love and marriage. Sheu0026#39;s attractive, has a good job, and a decent apartment. Up until now she has done everything sheu0026#39;s supposed to do, but it just hasnu0026#39;t worked for her. Sheu0026#39;s still alone. Now, she decides to take the extreme measure of advertising for a husband in the personals. The search leads her down the slippery slope of the modern dating scene whose universal quirkiness transcends the boundaries of all industrialized societies.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAs a parade of diverse characters respond to the ad from obnoxious to bizarre to tragically pathetic (old coots, odd birds, pervs, nerds, frauds, conmen and salesmen), she starts to wonder if her standards are too high? And, watching the film you have to wonder Do you have to settle for whatu0026#39;s there and what you may not want because of social expectations? In Hollywoodu0026#39;s hands, this little film would have become a relentless string of crude and infantile jokes and sight gags contrived to make us groan, but instead, this Taiwanese tale serves us up a quietly understated, poignantly humorous look at the dating scene. No matter where the film might have been set, youu0026#39;re sure to hear a ring of truth to it. At one time or another, weu0026#39;ve all been there whether we like to admit it or not.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMight be a little slow paced for some, but, on the whole, a solid little film with which most people will find something to identify. And, whether shy, bewildered, desperate, panicked, or outraged, Liuu0026#39;s performance is surprisingly sympathetic and often quite engaging.”
