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6.2/10
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A documentarian funds an N.Y.C. doorman's East Asian mail-order bride in exchange for the right to film the experience.A documentarian funds an N.Y.C. doorman's East Asian mail-order bride in exchange for the right to film the experience.A documentarian funds an N.Y.C. doorman's East Asian mail-order bride in exchange for the right to film the experience.
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Sam Lisenco
- Skater
- (as Samuel Lisenco)
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Did you know
- TriviaEugenia Yuan's character name "Lichi" is actually her Chinese name in real-life.
- GoofsIn the segment following his return from the alma mater trip, Andrew states that they are using a rental camera since Lichi took his. However, he was using the camera during the trip, so it wasn't there for her to take.
- SoundtracksBailar Merengue
Performed by Mangana
Written by Edith Mesch
Courtesy of LoveCat Music
Published by Big Tiger Music (BMI)
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Refer your friends to the interview(s) in which Gurland refers to this film as a "documentary" in production, then watch their jaws hit the floor as you all witness perhaps the most memorable use of PostIt Notes and a Cadillac El Dorado ever committed to film. Despite the clearly stated genre of "narrative feature" in the SXSW program, I somehow got suckered into missing the fact that this is a mockumentary. The contrast between the doorman's anachronistically furnished and dimly lit Queens hovel and the filmmaker's bright, Crate and Barrel-esque (Manhattan?) flat creates a palpable sense of class warfare that really sells the "reality" of this film to the duped viewer. The scene in the doctor's office was the only one that I almost didn't believe, but it was done so well that I still bought it. I loved every hilarious and painful minute of this film. Within its genre, I give it a 10/10.
- jackburden
- Mar 21, 2004
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- Mail Order Bride
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $62,387
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $14,643
- Mar 13, 2005
- Gross worldwide
- $65,369
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