Finding Mr. Right (2013)
(Chinese
Film) Jia Jia, a beautiful young woman and mistress to a married
Chinese businessman, becomes pregnant and travels to America to have
the baby. Apparently the laws in China do not hold the man
responsible in this situation, nor is the mother able to report the
child or qualify for health care. When Jia Jia arrives in America, a
scruffy-looking man picks her up and takes her to a house that is run
by a Chinese woman who provides room and board for other pregnant
women in similar situations, for a fee. Jia Jia soon discovers that
the scruffy driver, Frank, is actually a former doctor that is
staying home to raise his daughter while his wife earns the money.
Will Jia Jia come to develop feelings for the doting family man, or
will Jia Jia return to her former life with the businessman in China
once the baby is born?
*I
was surprised at how somber this film felt, since the poster made it
seem like it would be funnier. There was a lot of American music,
with the “Sleepless in Seattle” movie as a main source of
inspiration for this movie. There is a lesbian couple that gets some
screen time, there was NO KISSING in this movie, and I just couldn't
like Jia Jia because of what she did to be in her situation. She
admits feeling guilty “at first,” but the film glosses over the
fact she slept with someone's husband; she never repents, yet she
still has the picture-perfect ending. So for all those reasons, I
wouldn't watch this again.*
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