Review: Great Day [Mandarin/Cantonese] (U)
Category: Movie
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Duration: 95 mins
Watched at: Big Cinema @ Brem Mall
Timing: 2.00 p.m.
Rating: 4.25 / 5.00
Overall & Theme
Great Day, starred by Jack Lim, Wan Wai Fun, Royce, Vivian, Jiang Han, is a Mandarin-Cantonese mix movie. There is another dialect being used in the movie too, such as Hokkien, so it suits the local here well. Storyline or the plot is quite tough for the public as it requires some self-linking. You have to be in the situation in order to understand well. Watching the movie now is considered to be the most suitable time for me as it does really make me stand in my friend's side to think for her. She did really miss her family since she had shifted to Kuala Lumpur for further studies. This is the main theme for the movie. Family. Without family, you're nothing. And also, when you wanna "repay you debt owed to your parents", but they are not around anymore, you will feel regret for sure! I bet you will! If you do not have the chance to do so when they are still around. The dialogues or the scripts sound local and it's not much different from our daily life in Malaysia. Thinking about that, I feel proud to be Malaysian.
How to enjoy it?
Follow the story closely as it progresses. The production team has made the effort to increase the depth of the movie as it requires the audience to make some simple thinking to feel the message to be delivered. There are a few points to be noticed about so that you can get the theme and message better. For example, the scene that I remembered most vividly is, the scene whereby the little girl "Zi Xin" took all the way long to Perlis from Kuala Lumpur just to visit her known-not-long-ago grandfather. She's just a young girl studying primary school, but she made her own effort to travel to Perlis without knowing the actual way to reach there. Without the bond between family members, you won't have this kind of courage to do so. Do take note of those little little points to ponder well.
Ending
The ending is not that good enough for the public or for pure entertainment as it did not end well though the story is touching. To me, actually the ending is good enough as they have delivered the required message to us with a memorable scene. For those who can understand the underlying meaning intended to be delivered, it's just nice since it's also a local production. By the way, there's a link between the title and the theme or storyline. The greatest day ever in the world is to be with your closest family, you will regret when u can't do so when you feel like wanna to be with them.
Signed off by,
Jeffrey
