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Love in Taipei

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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. Go to Full Review
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. Go to Full Review
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. Go to Full Review
Rachel Wagner Rachel's Reviews (YouTube) 02/28/2024
It's cute enough for teens Go to Full Review
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. Go to Full Review
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. Go to Full Review
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Tina Z Feb 1 Really cookie cutter, but just Taiwanese. Not innovative at all and quite surface level. See more 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. See more 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 See more Peter P @HonestandTruthfulReviewsfrommyFoxhole 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. See more 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. See more Rick S 08/27/2023 The depiction of immersion in Taiwan’s culture was not entirely accurate. Although there is a dominant Chinese influence in Taipei, there’s a wide variety of cultural diversity in the city ranging from Taiwanese aborigines to Japanese and even simply Taiwanese that the film failed to capture. Strip of the exotic context it simply is a cliché contrived plot of an American finding herself and maybe love in a non-English speaking foreign land See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis 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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