【英语时差8,16】肤浅但娱乐性十足的「渺渺」

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"Miao Miao," a shallow exploration of the sexual and emotional friction¹ between friends, treads over a broad range of themes, leaving its viewers as muddled² as each of the film's leading characters.

Female leads of ethnic³ Japanese-Taiwanese Miao Miao, played by Ke Jia-yan, and Xiao-ai, Sandrine Pinna, play the typecast giddy schoolgirls, with their friendship blossoming almost immediately after Miao Miao's return to Taiwan from Japan.

Before long, however, Miao Miao's attentions are snared⁴ by brooding CD store owner Chen Fei (Fan Chih-Wei). Yet her advances are frustrated⁵ at every turn by the silent young stud, who dons a pair of headphones night and day in a symbolic⁶ attempt to shut out the world around him.

Miao Miao is slowly drawn⁷ away from the enthusiasm of school life and generally withdraws into her own world of Chen Fei obsession⁸.

Xiao-ai, on the other hand, seems to have blossomed into a responsible and emotionally sensitive young woman, whose positive expressions of affection and consideration for her beloved friend are contrasted with the actions of a desperate Miao Miao.

The film is ultimately given its most enjoyable aesthetics⁹ by its glossy¹⁰, art-toned production value, which flounders each time it skims the surface of its subject matter.

Yet Director Cheng Hsiao-Tse's debut¹¹ has made it clear that even the most superficial and unoriginal scripts can provide enjoyable entertainment.

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