Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity

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Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity

2002

1h 31m

Comedy

Drama

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29%

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7 Reviews

63%

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500+ Ratings

In "Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity," 12-year old Mindy Ho (Valerie Tian) tries Taoist magic to fix her single mother's (Sandra Oh) financial situation and seemingly hopeless romantic prospects. Mindy's misdirected charms appear to cause an aging security guard to lose his job and a local butcher to win the lottery. The guard, the butcher and her mother's stories all intersect, bound together by Mindy's attempts at magical intervention.

Susan Walker

Toronto Star

02/07/2003

4/5

With the sure hand of a skilled miniaturist, Mina Shum has crafted a nearly flawless film.

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Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

02/07/2003

2/5

An awkwardly contrived exercise in magic realism.

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Shlomo Schwartzberg

Boxoffice Magazine

04/27/2003

2/5

Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity is more often forced than affecting.

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Steve Rhodes

Internet Reviews

02/25/2003

2/4

The cold and dreary weather is a perfect metaphor for the movie itself, which contains few laughs and not much drama.

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Liz Braun

Jam! Movies

02/07/2003

3.5/5

The story is smart and entirely charming in intent and execution.

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Jason Anderson

eye WEEKLY

01/29/2003

2/5

The problematic characters and overly convenient plot twists foul up Shum's good intentions.

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05/29/2017

Sweet, satisfying, unique. Once again the critics suck....

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01/06/2016

another winner from the director of one of my faves,' double happiness', Mina Shum

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12/13/2011

I liked this film. In so many Canadian films, the plot seems to be less important than the acting, etc. but this plot is unique. It helps that one of the main characters is Sandra Oh as I've always enjoyed her acting.

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12/06/2011

The best word to put this movie....Meh! With a poster that boast Sandra Oh as the star she is barely in it,but when she is she does do a grea job,the story was a little lackluster and nothingnof any excitement really happen until the end. This is a watch if your are curious movie or a hardcore Sandra Oh fsn

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05/21/2011

:-) My wife laughed through this movie.

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03/05/2011

Touching. Funny. Frustrating.

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In "Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity," 12-year old Mindy Ho (Valerie Tian) tries Taoist magic to fix her single mother's (Sandra Oh) financial situation and seemingly hopeless romantic prospects. Mindy's misdirected charms appear to cause an aging security guard to lose his job and a local butcher to win the lottery. The guard, the butcher and her mother's stories all intersect, bound together by Mindy's attempts at magical intervention.

Director: Mina Shum
Producer: Christina Jennings, Scott Garvie
Screenwriter: Mina Shum, Denis Foon
Distributor: Film Movement
Production Co: Massey Films, Chum Television
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 27, 2002, Wide
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Feb 20, 2004
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 20, 2016
Runtime: 1h 31m