Lucky Grandma

GENERE: Black Comedy
REGIA: Sasie SEALY
CAST: Tsai Chin, Hsiao-Yuan Ha, Michael Tow, Woody Fu, Yan Xi
DURATA: 113 min
PRODUZIONE: USA

Ambientata nella Chinatown di New York, una nonna cinese fumatrice accanita punta tutto al casinò, finendo dalla parte sbagliata della fortuna e nel mezzo di una guerra tra bande.

“Lucky Grandma” puts an older Asian woman center stage without infantilizing her or rendering her pitiful.

nytimes

Chin is plainly the film’s greatest asset, a terrific actor with great comic timing and a tendency to underplay her character’s reactions, which helps to offset the relatively broad performances that surround her.

variety

“Lucky Grandma” is a wickedly entertaining dark comedy, steeped in the colors and characters of New York City’s Chinatown.

indiwire