#c.b. yim

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Film after film: Moneyboys (dir. C.B. Yim 2021)

This film irritated me while I was watching it, but then, in the end, I eventually liked it. The problem is plot machinations, those moments when the filmmakers decide to skip some events and focus on some others, yet without making comfortable shortcuts in how the protagonist got from point a to point b to point c. This happens here a few times, including, most irritatingly, the ending, but otherwise it's a gripping story, with a few great performances, especially by Kai Ko and Bai Yufan, whose dancing scene is easily the most effective.