Movie

Yi Yi

2000 · 174 min

A quietly absorbing, novelistic look at ordinary lives that rewards patience with deep emotional resonance.

Tagline: We never live the same day twice.
Overview: Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life's meaning as they live through everyday quandaries. NJ is morose: his brother owes him money, his mother is in a coma, his wife suffers a spiritual crisis when she finds her life a blank and his business partners make bad decisions.
How it feels: Melancholic, warm, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Family, grief, identity, love
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
grief
identity
love
coming-of-age
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild