Anita

2021 [CANTONESE]

Biography / Drama / History / Music

7
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 67% · 6 reviews
IMDb Rating 7.0/10 10 1353 1.4K

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Plot summary

This long-awaited biopic provides a vivid account of the remarkable life of Anita Mui in and behind the limelight, chronicling her journey from a child performer to becoming one of world's most recognized music icons.

Director

Lok Man Leung Photo
Lok Man Leung

Top cast

Louis Koo Photo
Louis Koo as Eddie Lau Pui-kei
Venus Wong Photo
Venus Wong as Miwa
Waise Lee Photo
Waise Lee as Leonard Ho
Ben Yuen Photo
Ben Yuen as Karaoke proprietor
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1.23 GB
1280*682
Cantonese 2.0
NR
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24 fps
2 hr 16 min
Seeds 4
2.52 GB
1920*1024
Cantonese 5.1
NR
Subtitles us   cn  
24 fps
2 hr 16 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by stmovies 6 / 10

A misleading and incomplete movie

Those who gave it a score of 10 or 1 are rather strange.I find the movie disappointing and rather overhyped or overrated from HK. The whole movie suffered from a poor script or editing, the trailer is far better.Too much of real events are deliberately left out probably not to tarnish her image and to appeal to the government and her fans. Her fame as both an actress and singer wasn't felt in the movie and most hit songs at the peak of her career wasn't mentioned at all. Her mum and brother was totally left out, Leslie Cheung's success wasn't mentioned at all making him looked like an unsuccessful artist until after his death, her "slapped" scene by a gangster was shown but what followed all changed, the guy got killed wasn't mentioned at all. We can't feel or see Anita's character and spirit from the movie, can't really understand why in some scenes she felt unhappy or stressed. The best scene in the movie is when she and Leslie film "Rogue", very creative and some HK outdoor scenes of the 80s look realistic. Some said there will be a director's cut of 4 hours, hopefully it will rectify all the shortcomings.
Reviewed by jackson_ro 8 / 10

Anita

The film brilliantly recreates the golden years of Hong Kong, the hustling and bustling, the acceptance and the melting pot that I grew up in. The screenplay feels just right, every period of Anita's life felt important in the film to ultimately shape who she became, even though some aspects felt the need to further expand. But to nitpick, Louise Wong's portrayal of Anita, while uncanny, fails to capture the most vital aspect of Anita, which was the aura, which can be especially felt when footages of the past were flashed throughout the film. But the voice is brilliantly brought back to life.I'm sure things were not shown, people were not included due to changing times, but that's just life, at least in the case of Anita, it was preserved.
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