Okay so, I cried a little in this movie so be ready for it!
Story: I really liked the story, I didn't find it boring at all and actually found myself really into it. The story between the main characters is really beautiful and will leave you in awe at the end.
Acting: The acting was good for me, I liked it especially Lei Hao, she really moved me to tears, literally!
Music: Music wise was okay, there wasn't an over the top ost.
Rewatch Value: I would totally rewatch this movie at any time, especially if I'm feeling a little down and depressed.
So overall I would definitely recommend this movie! And I really enjoyed it overall.
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It was really catching and I don't think it was just a simple movie. The story was not about gambling or prostitution.
It's pretty much love story but you'll find out in the very end. I didn't feel boring not at once.
Thanks to the actors I found it real and I trusted them every word they said. It's one of the movie that makes you cry and you don't regret watching this cuz it has its own atmosphere.
This is also one of the films that made me fell in love with the chinese culture.
I highly recommend this film to all of you.
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Although One Night Only is set in the criminal underworld, the film is far from a crime thriller. Rather, One Night Only remains focused on the tragic romance between Gao and Momo. While at the surface, neither character seems particularly sympathetic, over the course of the movie it’s easy to get lost in their struggles and start to empathize with them.
“The desperate gambler and the disgraced hooker live at the bottom of the city. They race through the underground world and get pushed by all kinds of unpredictable incidents to their extremes. But behind these dramatic conflicts is a brief and genuine love story.”
Kwok and Yang’s acting do justice to the “genuine love story” between Gao and Momo — especially Yang’s portrayal of Momo between playful moments, and more romantic and sorrowful interludes.
Without giving too much away, One Night Only hardly gives the audience a comforting closure to the story between Gao and Momo, but it’s in the film’s tragic ending that One Night Only reminds us that, in real life, couples don’t always end up happily ever after. Sometimes, people meet only for a fleeting moment, but even fleeting moments can have a lasting, lifetime impact.
This message was one of the motivations for Matt Wu to shoot this story.
“The integrity of [Gao and Momo’s] love is not determined by how much time the two spend together and how different their living conditions are. Darkness and brightness are not two opposites. Instead, they support each other. The darker the night gets, the brighter the stars look.”
https://www.cinemaescapist.com/2019/01/one-night-only-chinese-movie-review/
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