MMM Movie Review - ‘Tuya’s Marriage’
Posted by kittson on 11 Apr 2008 at 9:29 am | Tagged as: Movies, Review, Manhattan Movie Magazine
Watching the Mandarin-language film Tuya’s Marriage (Tuyade Hunshi), which is set in present-day Inner Mongolia, a region and culture we American movie-goers have little experience with, is like eating a type of food for the first time. Initially the very fact of its unfamiliarity is captivating, but it doesn’t take long to grow accustomed to the novel texture and flavor. When this happens, you hope you like it enough to finish the meal. Likewise, once the wonder of the short horses and the supremely cool camel (he cries when he sits down) fades, the resulting film is about as thrilling as a tofu burger – I like it well enough, but I probably won’t remember it in a week.
