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A Simple Life
Directed by
Ann Hui
2012
1h 58m
Not Rated
Drama
7.5
94%
86%
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After suffering a stroke, an altruistic maid announces that she wants to quit her job and move into an old people's home.
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Cast of A Simple Life
Andy Lau
Roger Leung
Deanie Ip
Ah Tao
Qin Hailu
Ms. Choi
Wang Fuli
Roger's Mother
Paul Chun Pui
Uncle Kin
Leung Tin
Head Master
Hui Siu-ying
Mui Gu
Hui Pik-Kei
Auntie Kam
Elena Kong Mei-Yee
Auntie Kam's Daughter
Yu Man-Si
Sharon
Jason Chan Chi-San
Jason
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang
Grasshopper
Chapman To
Dentist
Eman Lam Yi-Man
Carmen
Lam Yee-Lok
Pastor
Sammo Hung
Director Hung
Billy Lau
Mobster
Ning Hao
Director Ning
Helena Law Lan
Madame Lo
Tsui Hark
Director Tsui
Raymond Chow Man-Wai
Self
Yu Dong
Filmmaker
Lawrence Ah Mon
Ah Chun
Dennis Chan Kwok-San
Vincent
Lam Ka-tung
Guest at Premiere
Queenie Chu
Receptionist at Investment Bank
Tyson Chak
Air-conditioning Fixer at Investment Bank
Hiromi Wada
Visiting Singer
AngelaBaby
Guest at Premiere
John Shum Kin-Fun
Guest at Premiere
Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
Guest at Premiere
Stanley Kwan
Guest at Premiere
Brenda Chan Kwai-Fan
Cleaning Lady Interviewee
Jim Chim Sui-Man
Roger's High School Buddy
Tam Bing-Man
Bing
Chan Wing-Chiu
Guest at Premiere
Kenneth Cheung Moon-Yuen
Doctor
Gong Xuehua
Receptionist at Elderly Home
Samuel Leung Cheuk-Moon
Mobster
Benny Lau Wai-Hang
MC
May Leong
Nurse
Eva Lai Yin-San
Elderly Home Visitor
Ding Mei Sum
Greengrocer B
A Simple Life Reviews
Washington Post
Mark Jenkins
Often poignant but leavened with humor.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Here is a film with the clarity of fresh stream water, flowing without turmoil to shared destiny. No plot gimmicks. No twists and turns. Just a simple life.
New York Times
Rachel Saltz
Ms. Hui, a rare successful female director in the Hong Kong film industry, drew her story from real events, and the movie retains a tonic flavor of the everyday: its drama unfolds simply, without explosive moments but not without emotion
Los Angeles Times
Sheri Linden
Though overlong, Hui's valentine never milks the drama for tears, maintaining an unsentimental focus on the central duo's playful chemistry and the loving way Ah Tao's attention to detail is repaid.
From the Front Row
Mattie Lucas
A lovely and tender film, and while its premise is rife with potential for sentimentality it remains remarkably restrained, as unassuming as Ah Tao, avoiding maudlin cliche with a wise and even hand.
Slant Magazine
Chuck Bowen
A Simple Life is moving and well made, but it could use a little emotional grit and, while we're at it, a sense of humor.
Chicago Reader
Ben Sachs
[T]he sort of film in which every detail feels unforced but essential.
Village Voice
Ernest Hardy
Gingerly peels layer after layer of sharp insights into the dynamics of familial love, using compassion and droll humor as its tools.
National Catholic Reporter
Antonio Sison
The understated sentiment is made more eloquent by the calibrated performances of the actors, most especially Deanie Ip, who so thoroughly disappears into the role of Ah Tao that her moments infuse the film with a documentary feel.
MUBI
Daniel Kasman
Ann Hui risks the delicate balancing act of combine fantasy and reality with "A Simple Life", another-and an exceedingly excellent and moving-mainstream "social message" film from this master director.
Antagony & Ecstasy
Tim Brayton
[Deannie Yip gives] one of those authoritative performances that can only come at the end of a very long career.
Boston Phoenix
Peter Keough
Hui depicts the passage of time and the poignancies of the past with subtle, elliptical episodes, and the film draws on deep emotions without succumbing to sentimentality.
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
...a compelling yet uneven piece of work.
Film Journal International
Daniel Eagan
Moving character study from noted filmmaker Ann Hui.
NYC Movie Guru
Avi Offer
Well-acted, deeply human and emotionally resonating.
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