Dear Ex

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Dear Ex

2018

1h 40m

Comedy

Drama

Romance

LGBTQ+

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10 Reviews

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100+ Ratings

A teenager becomes trapped in the middle of a bitter feud between his mother and a free-spirited man, who is both the lover and insurance beneficiary of his recently deceased father.

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Karen Han

New York Times

It is a remarkably affecting and cogent picture.

The music choices and the production design compete for knowing kitsch, but there is nothing ironic about the emotional impact of the third act.

The script is tight, the acting strong and there's a strong directorial hand on the tiller.

One of Taiwan's best films of 2018, 'Dear Ex' offers an emotionally complex look at a modern family.

Boy copes with mourning his gay dad; cursing, violence.

The directors display a unique knack for rendering human subjectivity with the most basic tools in the toolbox.

Feb 15, 2019

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Garry A

The premise is intriguing. Both the wife and lover exhibit and experience their grief in very different ways. The son's unlikely bond with his dad's lover is the highlight of the movie. The flashbacks are a little jarring at time but otherwise it's a good movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/21/25

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Anna K

It was such a heart wrenching movie but it was absolutely beautiful.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/19/22

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Sara Helena A

really good, i was surprise in some of the scenes.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/09/22

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One of the best movies I've seen in a while. Silly at times, also upsetting and heartwarming and heartbreaking. A poignant, beautiful story about love, life, death, mistakes, and forgiveness.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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I have discovered that I really like Taiwanese melodrama, perhaps because of the bare cry that accompanies all the sentences or perhaps because there is always a space for love to enter the scene. Maybe this movie could have saved some things, but it works well to pass the time watching a story of tolerance and mourning.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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This Taiwanese family drama revolving around a recently deceased man's eccentric wife, his temperamental gay lover and his passive-aggressive son overwhelmed with loss, betrayal and diffidence endears further with its oddball drollery and perspicacious sensitivity.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

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Chih-Yen Hsu

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Roy Chiu

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Ying-Xuan Hsieh

Liu Sanlian

Spark Chen

Song Zhengyuan

Joseph Huang

Song Chengxi

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