A movie that is true and honest to its audience, Yi yi captures you in your seat for 3 hours, and then stays with you for many more. Watching a movie on a big screen we get used to seeing larger than life images and situations. This movie brings all those back down to a level where you can relate to. So much is going on in this film, yet the presentation is so subtle that the 3 hours is barely enough to see what exactly is unfolding infront of your eyes. The characters are NOT representations of certain archetypes defined by a character phrase. Instead, they are as simple on the outside and as complex on the inside as you and I. Snippets of yesterdays memories, todays hopes and tomorrows expectations arise and we eventually see a fact that we have been ignoring for years: That our eyes are on the front of our heads therefore we can only be seeing half the truth and whatever happens behind us remains unknown. This will make more sense after you see the film... A one and a two and a ... Gimme a break, gimme a break... Break me another piece of that Yi Yi Bar...
