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Meditation Park
This movie tells the story of a dutiful wife and mother as they re-examines her veneration of her husband after she finds another woman's underwear in his laundry.
3 January 1981, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
12 December 1987, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
27 January 1964, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
20 July 1971, Nepean, Ontario, Canada
17 August 1963, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
4 December 1946, Shanghai, China
24 June 1980, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
September 08, 2017
[Writer/Director Mina] Shum mines her favourite theme - immigrant experience in Canada - in what seems at first to be a gentle slice of life but eventually develops a powerful emotional force.
March 06, 2018
A tender, achingly tangible story about a woman's latent self-discovery, Meditation Park is a gem propelled by Cheng Pei Pei whose wildly expressive face fires emotion straight to the heart.
September 11, 2017
A bit too hammy at moments, Meditation Park is otherwise a complex film that hews with tenderness to Asian stereotypes in order to reflect back their often-obscured depths.
November 10, 2017
Shum has designed her film for general viewers, which means that coherence of tone and theme are less important than forcing in broad comedy and uplifting emotion
September 18, 2017
With warmth and humour, [Mina] Shum subtly addresses the trauma and isolation of the immigration experience, as well as the challenges faced by second generation immigrants because of their parents' lasting trauma.
March 08, 2018
[Cheng's] journey is perfectly balanced between tragedy and hope.
March 08, 2018
The movie only finds real, if tentative, happiness when it sticks with the timeworn woman and her empty bag.
