Vulgaria
A financially desperate Hong Kong producer courts a gangster investor and battles a wildly unruly erotic-film production to rescue his career and honor his daughter's faith in him.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- witty
- irreverent
- raunchy
- group comedy night
- hong kong cinema night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film breezy, communicative, freewheeling, and warm-hearted, while acknowledging that its lowbrow humor produces more hits than misses.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
To's attempt to finance and complete Confessions of Two Concubines turns filmmaking logistics into the film's main comic target.
The investor's sexual demands, pornographic remake premise, and repeated bawdy jokes define the comic register.
Script changes, budget overruns, casting complications, and the investor's demands repeatedly destabilize the film shoot.
The mainland investor and the critical debate over the film's portrayal of mainlanders place Hong Kong self-definition at the center of its satire.
Films like Vulgaria, and why
The Player
raucous show-business satire, vulgar humor, and a struggling filmmaker navigating industry absurdity
All About Ah-Long
Hong Kong comedic energy, escalating criminal entanglements, and irreverent treatment of filmmaking culture
The Full Monty
sexually explicit farce, outrageous comic situations, and an underdog pursuing professional survival
Movie Details
- Director
- Edmond Pang Ho-Cheung
- Release Date
- 2012-07-07
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 (59)
Cast
- Chapman To Man-Chat
- Dada Chan Ching
- Ronald Cheng Chung-Kei
- Kristal Tin Yui-Nei
- Fiona Sit Hoi-Kei
- Susan Shaw Yam-Yam
- Matt Chow Hoi-Kwong
- Hiro Hayama
- Jim Chim Sui-Man
- Lawrence Chou
Common questions
- What is Vulgaria about?
- A financially desperate Hong Kong producer courts a gangster investor and battles a wildly unruly erotic-film production to rescue his career and honor his daughter's faith in him.
- What is Vulgaria like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Vulgaria as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Vulgaria violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Vulgaria as mild.
- What did critics think of Vulgaria?
- Critics broadly found the film breezy, communicative, freewheeling, and warm-hearted, while acknowledging that its lowbrow humor produces more hits than misses.
- Which films are like Vulgaria?
- Films with a similar feel include The Player, All About Ah-Long, and The Full Monty.
- How long is Vulgaria?
- Vulgaria runs 92 minutes.
