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Hi! Welcome to The Silver Spleen. My name is
Al Kaseltzer, and this is my review of Patrick Kong's
LOVE IS THE ONLY ANSWER. LOVE IS THE ONLY ANSWER is a 2011 film directed by
director/misanthrope/serial abuser of twist endings
Patrick Kong. Mr. Kong has of late found his niche
and is burrowing along in it like a mole with a crystal ***
habit. Then again, he made MR. & MRS. SINGLE, for which he should have a
mole placed somewhere
very, very uncomfortable. But I digress. LOVE IS THE ONLY ANSWER
is the story of an unmarried couple. The couple was supposed to get married,
but the wedding ceremony was destroyed when the wife-to-be
shows a video of her fiance 'in flagrante erecto'
with another woman. She plays it at the wedding banquet. But this doesn't mean
they can't still be friends, right?
The suspension of disbelief necessary here meets the same
endurance and strength requirements as the suspensions used on vehicles that
race in the Dakar Rally... But so what? It's actually fun to watch.
The film chronicles this rather odd relationship between these two
rather odd people and the ways in which they constantly attract
and repel one another. There are of course romantic plots aplenty,
and more than a few occasions where condoms are used. This is a Patrick Kong
film, after all.
The story is pedestrian, the filmmaking shoddy, but it's not without its charms.
I was surprised that I wasn't offended, and I wasn't even disappointed.
Truth be told, I actually enjoyed LOVE IS THE ONLY ANSWER.
It was silly and disposable, but in a very non-insulting way.
It was fluffy garbage, but it entertained me, and that's all I really ask.
Even more surprising to me, I really enjoyed Alex Fong's acting. He manages to
display enough
wit and really good comic timing that he carries it off.
It's fun to watch, and it looks like it was actually fun to do as well.
It ends up making this movie a lot more entertaining than it has any right to be.
I found myself, shockingly, laughing out loud quite a lot of the time. Alex has a
number of small and
probably ad-libbed quips that he delivers with more style possible than I'd
have ever given credit to
the same guy that was in BULLET AND BRAIN. Like I said, Patrick Kong's never gonna
win any
(positive) awards for filmmaking, but on occasion
he can entertain me. That's all I really want. You should probably watch this
movie, but only if you buy the disc.
Don't download it. In the description there are links where you can buy the disc.
That's what I want you to do. It's a personal thing. I don't know why; I have
no problem with people sellin' crack. Because if you like movies, pay the
people that make them. That way they can make more.
Everyone's happy. It also explains why most of my paychecks in the 1980s
ended up somewhere in Bolivia. But that's not my point. If you enjoy these reviews,
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