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Man in Love (2021)

Man in Love (2021)

A tragic romance beautifully photographed, that proudly wears melodrama on its sleeve

6.9

Movie

China, Hong Kong
Mandarin
Drama, Romance
2021
CHEN-HAO YIN
Chih-ju Lin, Chun Hong, Hsin-Ling Chung
115 min

What it's about

A debt collector strikes a deal with a debt-ridden woman struggling to care for her ailing father: he will take care of her bills if she agrees to date him.

The take

There isn't anything about Man in Love—a remake of the 2014 South Korean film of the same name—that you haven't already seen before. But this iteration of the love story between a kindhearted woman and a scoundrel in business with gangsters and creditors benefits from high production values that help Taiwan stay romantic despite the grit of the film's plot. There's also an undeniable earnestness to even the most predictable beats here, helping the love story at its center feel more like a heat-of-the-moment bond forged in desperate economic times, and less like an abrupt bout of passion.

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