Jan Dara 晚娘 英语影评

I should start out by telling you what not to expect. The front cover might lead you to assume that Jan Dara is going to be a sexy love story. You will be partially correct with that assumption because there is a lot of sex in Jan Dara, from beginning to end, and there is also a love story in it. However, the love story is a very small part of the plot and the sex scenes are often disturbing instead of erotic. Essentially, the movie is about a boy (Jan Dara) raised in his resentful stepfather's home, with tensions heightened because Jan Dara's mother died giving birth to him. People are sometimes in the mood for a tragic movie or play and Jan Dara will certainly satisfy that mood. It even has a shocking ending, which I won't give away other than to mention that it gives teasers to the ending throughout the movie. I am giving it five stars because it is a very well made movie and it does give a glimpse at what Thai culture may have been like for some people fifty to seventy-five years ago. Although Jan Dara is a completely different movie from The Last Emperor that is the closest film that I can think of to compare it to. If you enjoy The Last Emperor, you will very likely enjoy Jan Dara too.