Vulgaria

2012

1h 32m

Comedy

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57%

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14 Reviews

55%

Audience Score

250+ Ratings

A financially strapped film producer (Chapman To) goes to extreme lengths with a kinky gangster (Ronald Cheng) to get his latest film financed.

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Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

True to its title, this energetic Hong Kong comedy trades primarily in off-color gags, yet its tone, like that of John Waters's films, is so playful and inclusive that it's unlikely to offend anyone.

Nov 21, 2012

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Jeff Shannon

Seattle Times

"Vulgaria" is certainly crude, but most of its amusing vulgarity is discreetly held off screen.

Rated: 2.5/4

Oct 4, 2012

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Michael O'Sullivan

Washington Post

A broad, cartoonish -- and decidedly filthy -- satire of moviemaking is as sophomoric as they come.

Rated: 2/4

Sep 28, 2012

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Anton Bitel

Projected Figures

This scabrous behind-the-scenes commentary on the Hong Kong Category III sex comedy certainly lives up to its title - but amidst all the animal pussy-eating and candy-assisted cock-eating, there is also plenty of postmodern cake-eating.

Sep 23, 2017

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Edmund Lee

Screen International

Having spent much of his career filtering good humour through very bad taste, writer-director Pang Ho-cheung delivers arguably his naughtiest picture to date with a pitch-black comedy.

Mar 30, 2016

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Kam Williams

myfilmblog

A transparent, bait-and-switch disappointment strictly for suckers.

Rated: 1/4

Oct 13, 2012

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Audience Member

It's very funny if you are conversant in Cantonese, because a major plot device relies heavily on a very particular mispronounciation, or perhaps a misunderstanding due to a difference in pronounciation by someone from another province. It also helps if you are somewhat involved in the production industry, and you'll appreciate a lot of the observations, some subtle, some outrageous.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Audience Member

It'll be funnier if you understand the language. Anyhow, Vulgaria was as manipulative as it's vulgar...

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Audience Member

hahaha, loved! peppered with lotsa sexual innuendos, most of which were smart, hilarious. you must, must, wait for the credits to roll ... icing on top of the cake awaits! bloody entertaining.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Audience Member

Cleverly filmed and acted. Very funny and very entertaining. Not for the usual family audience.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Audience Member

Its a brilliant comedy masquerading as a smut film. With all the sexual talk there isn't a drop of nudity which might disappoint some but I thought it was very well done. The characters are what they are and its done well. Hilarious!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Audience Member

Intelligent and silly, mostly silly. I fancy some Popping Candy now.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Synopsis

A financially strapped film producer (Chapman To) goes to extreme lengths with a kinky gangster (Ronald Cheng) to get his latest film financed.

Director: Ho-Cheung Pang
Screenwriter: Ho-Cheung Pang, Lam Chiu-wing, Luk Yee Sum
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: Chinese
Box Office (Gross USA): $58.7K
Runtime: 1h 32m