Mail Order Wife (2005)

Excellent but underrated film

Better Late Then Never

Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

As many others, I got totally fooled believing it was a real documentary, it was not until we started watching the extra features in the DVD that I saw the "Castings" and realized it wasn't real. But even so, I enjoyed it very much. The actors are great and the story goes beyond what you think it's going to happen. It would be hard to pick a favorite but I have to say that the woman that played Lichi would take the price, specially the pigs and the baby scenes!! There are always surprises in this movie and it keeps you watching for more and more. I highly recommend this to anyone who wants to watch a different film, it has comedy and drama in unexpected ways!

When I first saw this on Encore the other day I thought the guy making this "documentary" was a sick dude! What type of man does this sort of thing, WOW! And the ending is just amazing! This is a great film, all the characters in it are believable (and unbelievable!) and work well all together in their big frightening tangled web that they weave!And as for this movie mocking poor little Asian girls in the US... I'd have to disagree. If you think that all Asian immigrant girls come to the States to marry someone to become a citizen then perhaps YOUR the one with the problem. After all, my very own personal Mail Order husband claims that I'm the best wife he's ever married, and plans to stay with me at the very least till his green card clears. And he's Russian, not Asian. Well he's half Japanese and Russian, but he lived in Russia. Anyways, back to the point... wait... did I have a point?PS> All that extra stuff at the end was just added so I can make the minimum post requirements!

I have to admit that this movie was well done, but the net effect of how it made me feel was simply 'bad'. I can see the intended black humor, clever and innovative script, and good performances throughout the movie. However, it's simply depressing to watch.One of the most interesting aspects of this movie are the ideas that went into it. These included most of the down aspects - everything from older men and barely 'old-enough' girls, servitude, abuse, exploitation, etc.It's clever, but depressing to watch. I'd say pass on this one unless you want to feel bad.

I am not even sure where to begin with this one. Out of all the terrible movies I have ever seen, this one goes to show how bad someone with a camera can do.For starters, if this film was actually supposed to be realistic, they did a great job of making sure nothing seemed realistic. What happened to the period where Lichi should have been divorcing Adrian? Alternatively, how about her being deported for ending the marriage before a certain year mark? (There are laws in this country about immigration and marriage.) What is worse is that neither of the men did a good job portraying what a man who looks for a "mail-order" bride. Most men are not sexual sadists who abuse their wives; they are lonely men who are looking for companionship. Andrew did a wonderful job of portraying how horrible American men can be. The fact that he didn't even take into consideration what Lichi's culture might have been like before marrying her (much less what she was really like) and then getting mad at her for being the way she was brought up just goes to prove how, dare I say, stupid Americans can be.I couldn't even give a rating of higher than one; picture quality wasn't all that great, the story was so broken up here and there, acting was terrible, there was an unnecessary amount of drinking and swearing and the plot made no sense. I don't even see what kind of point the people were trying to make here... usually documentaries/mockumentaries have some point or lesson to be taught behind them.Not to mention, my cable company classified this as a documentary, so until about 20 minutes ago, I thought the whole thing was real... hence my being disturbed through certain scenes (when the men were asking if they could lock doors from the outside, the lack of law enforcement and immigration officials, etc.) I failed to see the importance of this film and regret wasting my time watching it.