Love in Taipei

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Love in Taipei

2023

1h 35m

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LOVE IN TAIPEI stars Ashley Liao as Ever Wong, whose summer takes an unexpected turn when her parents surprise her with a trip to Taipei for a cultural immersion program. Ever is surprised to discover that she hasn't signed up for homework and history lessons, but instead for a summer-long free-for-all the locals and other students call "Loveboat." It quickly lives up to its name when Ever finds herself trying not to fall for two attractive but wildly different boys who are vying for her attention, while at the same time finding the courage to defy her parents' high expectations and pursue her true passion: dancing. Based on the best-selling book “Loveboat, Taipei” by Abigail Hing Wen.

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Jourdain Searles

New York Times

08/10/2023

A charming but ultimately formulaic exploration of cultural identity.

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Hannah Bae

San Francisco Chronicle

08/10/2023

2.5/4

With its picture-perfect Taipei citiscapes, appealing cast and soothing, smoothed-over storyline, “Love in Taipei” makes for a stress-free comfort watch.

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Courtney Howard

Variety

08/08/2023

While “Love in Taipei” promises transportive and transformative escapades with its adaptation of Abigail Hing Wen’s novel, the story’s core strengths are undervalued in the translation from book to screen.

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Rachel Wagner

Rachel's Reviews (YouTube)

02/28/2024

It's cute enough for teens

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Joe Lipsett

Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr Podcast

01/09/2024

2/5

A paper thin adaptation of Abigail Hing Wen's Loveboat, Taipei. Liao is charming, but her dance skills are poor and she has no chemistry with either lead. This is cookie cutter rom-com is beyond familiar and bland.

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Jennifer Green

Common Sense Media

09/05/2023

4/5

Though this film has that broader appeal, Taipei and Taiwanese culture are given central billing. The city is on glorious display, with the main character experiencing it -- and its sights and food -- through new eyes.

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Tina Z

Feb 1

Really cookie cutter, but just Taiwanese. Not innovative at all and quite surface level.

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Deelia C

08/12/2024

It does not follow the storyline at all. The production of this movie was a mess. They didn't even get the love connections right. They just decided to pluck a few characters out of the book to make there own story. You can't even see the wonder bliss the author portrayed in the book. There is no character development whatsoever. Where is all the emotion and page turners. It disappointed me.

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Richard S

01/08/2024

If you read the book, be prepared for a massive departure from the original story for the worse. New characters like Auntie Shu paired with new plot lines which were weak to nonexistent that had silly resolutionsthat followed (Oopsies daisy, I left the windows open during the typhoon but no worries I have friends I've only known for at best 2 months that I met this summer who will fix the gallery for you!!!), and complete upheavals of all the characters' personas— all topped off with mid Such a major disappointment to lose all the beauty, power, and emotional levels from the book. The director and writers really should be ashamed.

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Will G. F

11/26/2023

It feels like a wet dream of being in a world where you can hook up and still reflect on life. Idk

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Peter P

09/17/2023

3/5; good direction and mostly good acting, fun to watch story generally, but bad ending and honestly a little tired of the constant beat to death simplistic plot that hollywood lovesssss of "discover myself and throw off the weight of parental expectations." no new ground broken here, but still a solid 3.

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Bradford H

09/10/2023

young asian woman goes to asian country to eat asian food with asian boyfriend, there i saved you 2 hours. I am a paramount plus premium subscriber, the only reason i logged into RT to give this review is the unskippable ad that plays over and over again for this movie. I did watch it, it was terrible.

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LOVE IN TAIPEI stars Ashley Liao as Ever Wong, whose summer takes an unexpected turn when her parents surprise her with a trip to Taipei for a cultural immersion program. Ever is surprised to discover that she hasn't signed up for homework and history lessons, but instead for a summer-long free-for-all the locals and other students call "Loveboat." It quickly lives up to its name when Ever finds herself trying not to fall for two attractive but wildly different boys who are vying for her attention, while at the same time finding the courage to defy her parents' high expectations and pursue her true passion: dancing. Based on the best-selling book “Loveboat, Taipei” by Abigail Hing Wen.

Director: Arvin Chen
Producer: Matthew Kaplan
Screenwriter: Abigail Hing Wen, Charlie Oh, Mackenzie Dohr
Distributor: Paramount+
Production Co: Ace Entertainment, 1 Productions Film
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2023
Runtime: 1h 35m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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