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A Simple Life
Directed by
Ann Hui
Not Rated
2012
1h 58m
Drama
7.5
94%
86%
7.5
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After suffering a stroke, an altruistic maid announces that she wants to quit her job and move into an old people's home.
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Cast of A Simple Life
Andy Lau
Roger Leung / Executive Producer
Deanie Ip
Ah Tao
Qin Hailu
Ms. Choi
Wang Fuli
Roger's Mother
Paul Chun Pui
Uncle Kin
Leung Tin
Head Master
Wendy Yu Man-Si
Sharon
Eman Lam Yi-Man
Carmen
Elena Kong Mei-Yee
Aunt Kam's Daughter
Jason Chan Chi-San
Jason
Hui So-Ying
Mui Gu
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang
Grasshopper
Chapman To Man-Chat
Dentist
Raymond Chow
Guest at Premiere
Yu Dong
Filmmaker / Executive Producer
Tsui Hark
Director Tsui
Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
Director Hung
John Shum Kin-Fun
Guest at Premiere
Francis Mak Yun-Sau
Roger's High School Buddy, Henzi
Lawrence Ah Mon
Roger's High School Buddy, Ah Chun
A Simple Life Ratings & Reviews
Spotlight on Film
Diana Tuova
This film...ends on a bitter note, but it is still, first and foremost, a touching message of the importance of goodwill and remembrance.
From the Front Row
Mattie Lucas
A lovely and tender film, and while its premise is rife with potential for sentimentality it remains remarkably restrained, as unassuming as Ah Tao, avoiding maudlin cliche with a wise and even hand.
National Catholic Reporter
Antonio Sison
The understated sentiment is made more eloquent by the calibrated performances of the actors, most especially Deanie Ip, who so thoroughly disappears into the role of Ah Tao that her moments infuse the film with a documentary feel.
MUBI
Daniel Kasman
Ann Hui risks the delicate balancing act of combine fantasy and reality with "A Simple Life", another-and an exceedingly excellent and moving-mainstream "social message" film from this master director.
Antagony & Ecstasy
Tim Brayton
[Deannie Yip gives] one of those authoritative performances that can only come at the end of a very long career.
Chicago Reader
Ben Sachs
[T]he sort of film in which every detail feels unforced but essential.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Here is a film with the clarity of fresh stream water, flowing without turmoil to shared destiny. No plot gimmicks. No twists and turns. Just a simple life.
NYC Movie Guru
Avi Offer
Well-acted, deeply human and emotionally resonating.
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
...a compelling yet uneven piece of work.
Washington Post
Mark Jenkins
Often poignant but leavened with humor.
Boston Phoenix
Peter Keough
Hui depicts the passage of time and the poignancies of the past with subtle, elliptical episodes, and the film draws on deep emotions without succumbing to sentimentality.
Film Journal International
Daniel Eagan
Moving character study from noted filmmaker Ann Hui.
Los Angeles Times
Sheri Linden
Though overlong, Hui's valentine never milks the drama for tears, maintaining an unsentimental focus on the central duo's playful chemistry and the loving way Ah Tao's attention to detail is repaid.
New York Times
Rachel Saltz
Ms. Hui, a rare successful female director in the Hong Kong film industry, drew her story from real events, and the movie retains a tonic flavor of the everyday: its drama unfolds simply, without explosive moments but not without emotion
Village Voice
Ernest Hardy
Gingerly peels layer after layer of sharp insights into the dynamics of familial love, using compassion and droll humor as its tools.
Slant Magazine
Chuck Bowen
A Simple Life is moving and well made, but it could use a little emotional grit and, while we're at it, a sense of humor.
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