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Check what Akash Deshpande wrote about the film in our review
Throughout the duration, ‘My Prince Edward' follows Fong's journey with a restrained approach. It never goes overboard with the dramatic sequences. And this female character is given room to breathe and live with her flaws, without blaming her for any of that. The narrative does not try to show her guilt for laziness and rather portrays her flaws with compassion. After all, these shortcomings are what makes one human. The film completely realizes that and gives an empathetic tale about this unambitious young woman.
While showing the posters of “Eternal Sunshine of Spotless Mind” and a few Jim Jarmusch films, director Norris Wong makes her character's laidback lifestyle even more relatable. Art comes as an absolute comfort for those who have lost their way or cannot seem to find one. The miserable protagonist, in this case, is a female- which constructs the entire gender-dynamic with an interesting approach. There is no casual regressive lookout. As Fong says to her lesbian friend, Edward is even more feminine than her. He is much more excited about a fancy wedding whereas her concern is largely to get her life somehow on track. While it is not particularly revolutionary, “My Prince Edward” emerges as a much more refreshing coming-of-age tale than many contemporary films from the genre, as a result of that.
And all of this is further helped by Stephy Tang's natural performance as Fong. The childlike innocence required for her role is present, but she never tries to mock the character. There is a constant sense of unease of her not being comfortable being in her own skin. That shows the years that her character may have spent with this dispirited demeanor. That maturity in her acting is what makes her performance stick to your senses – while being a person who would rather wish to be the part of the flock. And the sublime cinematography makes it even better.
