2016 · comedy · fantasy · romance
The Mermaid
Directed by Stephen Chow1h 34m2016
When Xuan's real estate project threatens the home of mermaids, Shan is sent to stop him. When they fall in love, he is encouraged to cancel the project. However, he must save them from bigger danger.
Our read: The Mermaid (2016) reads as a cosy, breathless, inventive comedy · fantasy · romance entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Cosy, breathless, measured comedy / fantasy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- warm
- kinetic
- inventive
- funny
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