Mail Order Wife

6.1
2005 1 hr 32 min Comedy , Romance

A documentarian funds a NYC doorman's Asian mail order bride in exchange for the right to film the experience.

  • Cast:
    Adrian Martinez , Eugenia Yuan

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Reviews

Console
2005/02/01

best movie i've ever seen.

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KnotStronger
2005/02/02

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

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Allison Davies
2005/02/03

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

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Roxie
2005/02/04

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

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timmy_g69
2005/02/05

Caught this movie as a fluke. It was on late at night as I was flipping channels, and a scene caught my interest. I taped it, and thought throughout the whole movie that it was a real documentary. I couldn't believe what I was watching. When I found out that it wasn't real, that it was listed as a "comedy", that is when I appreciated the movie that much more.The acting in it is superb, but I think that is enhanced by it being portrayed as a documentary. I was completely sucked in, to the point where I willingly rewound the movie so my fiancé can watch it with me, because I just couldn't believe what I was seeing. So caught up can one get over the absurd situations, that one thinks to themselves "this is so messed up, it has to be real!" I would recommend this movie. I really would. One can read a lot of negative reviews on this movie, but most are due to the fact that the viewer didn't like the subject matter or how the characters were portrayed. That is precisely why this is a good movie, that even though it's not real, it can still get such a visceral reaction out of someone. The film makers did exactly what they wanted to do. They sucked us all in, and for good or bad, you gotta give them a tip of the hat for that.

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Bob
2005/02/06

The rating for this film might be a little misleading. Judging by the comments it seems that many of the people who gave it a low score did so out of the sorrow they felt for the main character, and the disgust they felt for the men using her rather than out of a low opinion of the quality of the film. I actually think that the people who gave this film the lowest score are some of the people who felt the exact way the filmmakers want the audience to feel.This film reminds me of "Dogville" in a way. They both do a good job at demonstrating the immoral and vile behavior that humans can practice toward one another when it's self-serving, and the justifications they can give. (You wonder sometimes if people really believe what they put forth as their point of view, if they grow to believe it out of a need to relieve guilt or if they secretly live in the guilt, being eaten up and causing their often defensive and miserable dispositions.) Don't get me wrong, this film is no Dogville, but the filmmakers do a decent job at revealing this human flaw that is the bane of this society. It's mockumentary style allows us to connect the characters to their real life counterparts rather than tossing their awful behavior aside as just something fictional (though it was).It was a smart film. It takes thought to make up for lack of budget, and that's why you find some of the best films in the independent film world. I have friends who are filmmakers (honestly, none worked on this film). I hope more filmmakers dig a little deeper, be it in comedy, drama, horror, or whatever. These guys made a film that stays with you past the last bite of popcorn. That's an accomplishment.

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bkilby
2005/02/07

I came upon this film by accident, surfing the channels late at night. I thought it was a documentary, and was horrified by all the action. The characters were totally believable. The issues in this film are very worth talking about -- the exploitation of women from other countries by men who are really "losers" in just about every way imaginable -- as well as the exploitation of those men by mail order brides looking for rich husbands. It was very well done, and looked very amateur, on purpose. My only problem was with the father character, who seemed wholly unbelievable. The girl is an excellent actress, with a full range of emotion -- the filmmaker is not very cute, and husband number one is really horrible, and I'm sure this was on purpose.I loved it. Highly recommend.

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Anton Tchernev
2005/02/08

This film is everything but not COMEDY! I wander who is the sick mind who put it in this category. This is a bad taste mockery with the sad life of real poor Asian girls in America. I don't recommend it to no one who pretends to be sane. More, this film has to be banned in every civilized country. Shame on the authors, they're alike the "heroes" of their film. Characteristics of this movie: sadistic, poor budget, poor quality, bad taste, mockery, schizophrenic, obscene, decayed, repulsive, violent, nasty, disgusting. The Jackass (the Movie) of MTV and Jhonny Knoxville is masterpiece compared to this. My advice to all: don't waste your time and money for this rubbish!

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