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Run Papa Run


May 07, 2008 "Run Papa Run" (the Chinese title means "A Good Father"), a film about a gangster transformed by paternal instincts, suffers from generic schizophrenia. Actress-director Sylvia Chang pulls out a new bag of tricks filled with vibrant animated sequences, wacky production design, a racy tempo and even cheeky first-person address to audience. However, the married-to-the-mob sitcom sobers up awkwardly into melodrama advocating Confucian family values and bourgeois social aspirations.

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