(Cannot remember original published date)
- FYI
Fugui (You Ge) has got it all! Money, property, a beautiful and loving family yet he is unsatisfied. So what would any rich douche with prestige and money to burn do? Let that shit ride! Fugui has a bit of a gambling problem to say the least, he seems to have grown bored with life and sees this as a means of entertainment. Fugui has racked up a hearty debt no thanks to a shady "friend" of his named Long'er (Dahong Ni) who seems to be after something of Fugui's. This man single handedly ruins and saves Fugui and his entire family, in ways ranging from spiritually to financially.
- Non-Spoiling at its finest
I will do my best to disclose as little about the plot while explaining why you should sit down and watch this, at times gut wrenching and at other times ironically hilarious film. Fugui is a man on a journey who is trying to right his wrongs from a previous life. Not because he wants to but because he has to, the future of his family depends on it. Fugui, contrary to his actions in a previous life, is actually the ultimate family man. He sacrifices everything he has and then some to keep his family as happy as he can. However, the world is not a perfect place and is hardly ever hospitable. As well as trying to keep his family alive Fugui must also keep himself alive. He and friends he has made along his journey get caught in the middle of a civil war between the Chinese Nationalist Party and the Chinese Communist party. The latter headed by who other than the most honorable chairman of our hearts Mao Zedong. We all know who wins, but what most of might not know is how much blood it took to water the now prospering kinda-commie/kinda-not politically economical bisexual rose that is the People's Republic of China or the PRC for short. Fugui and his rag tag group get caught right in the middle of these two war machines and they must survive so that they may return to their families and continue their role as head of it. Like many who have come before him and the many that will follow Fugui is full of good intentions, these good intentions however only attract the cruelest actions of the mistress known as fate. Time after time it strings along Fugui, showing dreams of prosperity and happiness when behind the golden veil is a rotted, festering fruit that is to be the meal of Fugui and his family, and they must eat every bit of it as reward for every good intention gone awry.
- All bullshit aside
In all honesty this should be a boring and depressing film, a family that is plagued by life's misfortunes. Not in some incredible way but in a very common and every day occurrence kind of way. This film in my opinion mirrors life and the many bones that it's got to pick with a person. More often than not in life we get more sour than sweet fruit. Life makes us bite the curb while it kicks at the back of our head and we just gotta say, "Damn, this curb tastes good". Fugui does more times than you can count in this film, hell he's eaten a curb from every street corner in China, but the man refuses to give up. His story is like one I have never seen; being as young as I am i realize that doesn't constitute much but the meaning stands. If you like underdogs and you get a kick out of ironic and dark humor, plant your ass and this film a chance. You won't be disappointed.
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