Best movie of this year hands down!

Good movie but grossly overrated

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

"Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong" is a frustrating film. There is so much to like about it and I loved the film....until the ending. And, sadly, I am pretty sure most other folks will feel the same way about this movie that just debuted on DVD and which is also available from Netflix.The story begins with Ruby (Jamie Chung) visiting Hong Kong and getting totally lost...which I heard is not at all difficult in this enormous and busy city. Fortunately, Josh (Bryan Greenberg) sees her plight and offers to help. After all, they both are Americans but he's lived in this city for almost a decade. He even goes so far as to walk with her through the city and taking her to the place where she's supposed to meet some friends. Seeing the two together, you can see that this couple is developing a real nice bit of chemistry. But there turns out to be a problem...he's in a relationship. So, Ruby and Josh go their separate ways.A year passes and although it's highly unlikely, Josh notices Ruby on a ferry. He's shocked as she was only visiting Hong Kong when they first met and soon he learns that Ruby was relocated here by her job....but she also will be returning to the States very soon. So, the pair decide to spend a bit of time together--just talking like a couple of friends. However, through the course of the evening, you can tell that the old chemistry is still there...but you also learn that both are now in relationships. This is tough as the pair seem to have really hit it off and it looks like a case of the right person but at the wrong time.I read an amusing review of this film on IMDb that complained that they hated the film because Chung and Greenberg had absolutely no chemistry together whatsoever. I sure thought they did...and it turns out that the couple actually got married (to each other) last year...around the same time they were working on the film. In fact, I think their interaction is what I loved about the film and they both did a terrific job of acting. But here is the huge problem and why I cannot score the movie any higher. While it's clearly meant to be a romance, it lacks any sort of resolution to Ruby and Josh's predicament...the film just ends! And, couples buying or renting the DVD will be expecting romance and a happy ending. Some genres you can fiddle with...but with a romance there is an implicit guarantee that there will be a happy ending....or at least some resolution. Instead, the film is sort of genre-less...and really does not work as a date night film. So what you have is a film with wonderful acting, some really neat camera-work (after all, they are walking about town through almost the entire movie), interesting characters and then...nothing. It's a darn shame but that's really all there is to it.

I agree that this film accurately depicted how two Americans might meet in a foreign city, and how they might chat during a night on the town. That's the problem. I didn't tune in to see a documentary.Real millennial yuppies really are this shallow. I've met loads of people like these characters. They have no real insight into the human condition,no God, and no loyalties. Nor do they want to. They have jobs, buy stuff, and go through a series of partners. But I will give the characters credit for being aware of the borderline unethical aspect of their time spent together. The problem is what other reviewers have mentioned. You need passion and stronger conflict to make an interesting movie. It's not here. Also, "chemistry" is not just about disagreeing with the other person and establishing your independence in a conversation. It's also about masculinity and femininity. These people seemed more like buddies than romantic interests.The guy was way too unsure of himself to be attractive and the girl was way too obnoxious, unless you like that whole urban pixie, yuppie Asian L.A. thing.We needed to see some emotional breakdown. Have the characters confess how unsatisfied they are, and how they long for something real. Let's see some tears.Nice photography. Also, it was nice that they didn't try to make Chineseness a character per say.It was a thoroughly American story.

In a city such as HK with millions of Asians, an Asian-American woman from LA ends up chatting to... a white man from NYC?! Really?!! The sheer coincidence is just unbelievable. I get that there are some American expats in HK but they are easily outnumbered by expats from the UK and Australia who tend to be mostly Asian. And what is it with Western media portraying white men as the saviour of Asian women? This would have been more believable if Jamie Chung was paired up with an expat who is Asian of Chinese descent. This is HK after all. The subject is briefly and quickly mentioned and brushed over in the film. If the film had explored the subject in more depth it would have aided to their character development.The film is full of spoken exposition. A film is supposed to SHOW not TELL. Otherwise I would have watched a stage play or an episode of a soap opera instead.The worst part is that the two leads exhibit zero chemistry on screen considering they are married in real life. There exist no spark of attraction between the two in the film. Bryan Greenberg's acting is passable but Jamie Chung is just awful, clearly requiring further acting classes. The cinematography is striking but the film is just style with no substance.

Perhaps I am simply old school, but I like stories that have a beginning, a middle and an ending. This film started off well enough: a chance encounter of two Americans in Hong Kong, a night that was apparently exciting for both of them and then a revelation that ended the night on a sour note. Then a middle, where there is another chance encounter, another exciting night, another conflict and then... it ended. Two people in a cab looking at each other, longing for an answer... and the screen goes to black. It reminded me of the Lady and the Tiger exercise from elementary school. The student is told there are two doors: behind one is a maiden, behind another a tiger; you write the ending. As much as I liked the actors, the scenery and most of the movie (although I found some of the situations a bit contrived and wonder how many people would react the way these characters did given those situations) I found the ending completely unsatisfying. This was like reading a book that was missing the last forty pages.