Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong

Name: Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: February 12, 2016
Duration: 78 min
Rating: 54

2016

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Gravitas Ventures | Release Date: February 12, 2016 | Not Rated

Summary: Ruby (Jamie Chung), a Chinese American toy designer from LA, visits Hong Kong for the first time on business. Finding herself stranded, she meets Josh (Bryan Greenberg), an American expat who shows her the city. Meandering through nighttime streets pulsing with energy and possibility, they fall into a winding and carefree conversation,Ruby (Jamie Chung), a Chinese American toy designer from LA, visits Hong Kong for the first time on business. Finding herself stranded, she meets Josh (Bryan Greenberg), an American expat who shows her the city. Meandering through nighttime streets pulsing with energy and possibility, they fall into a winding and carefree conversation, buoyed by an undeniable attraction. Just as things start to look promising romantically for the pair, the night is stopped short by a surprising revelation. A year later, Josh and Ruby run into each other on the ferry from Hong Kong to Kowloon. Ruby is now living in Hong Kong full time. Josh, partially influenced by Ruby's advice a year prior, has quit his finance job to write full time. After finding out that they're both with someone else now, they make amends and end up spending all night hanging out in Kowloon - from bargaining at the Temple Street Market to an impromptu visit to the bird fortune teller. By the time Josh and Ruby get to an underground music club, they can no longer hide their feelings for each other. But when the opportunity presents itself at the end of the night, will either of them dare to make the next move and betray the person they're with? … Expand

Director: Emily Ting

Genre(s): Comedy, Romance

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 78 min

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Michael Rechtshaffen

Feb 11, 2016

The immensely likable Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong is a freshly contemporary change-up on the traditional cross-cultural romantic-comedy. Read full review

Sherilyn Connelly

Feb 10, 2016

Many filmmakers have tried in recent years, but few have nailed the elusive formula of the two-hander romantic comedy quite like Emily Ting with Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong. Read full review

Tom Keogh

Feb 11, 2016

Ting, to her credit, is more interested in the battle between heart and head, instinct and obligation, than in what follows. “Already Tomorrow” is about ambivalence, not gratification, and is more interesting for it. Read full review

Andrew Barker

Nov 3, 2015

This earnest, slight romance doesn’t generate enough sparks to overcome the anxiety of its obvious influence. But as a simple valentine to Hong Kong’s expat nightlife, the film makes for charming, breezy viewing, and the director shows promise going forward. Read full review

Neil Genzlinger

Feb 11, 2016

The two stars are attractive, and Emily Ting, who wrote and directed, makes the city look great, but during their endless strolling Ruby and Josh never get much beyond shallow banter. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Sheila O'Malley

Feb 12, 2016

The film lacks the underlying subtext that grounded similar hopeful-yet-doomed-romance stories in the past. Read full review

Christopher Gray

Feb 7, 2016

The script labors to give the film a strong sense of place, but strange lapses confirm a sense that the city isn't a character here. Read full review

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l337g0g0

Jun 24, 2023

I Watched this movie in a theater when it came out with my new girlfriend in 2016, she Chinese me caucasian. I thought this is a fitting movie to see for us.
At that time I didn't fully appreciate the pacing and story and the connection in this movie.
I have watched it like 6 times moreI Watched this movie in a theater when it came out with my new girlfriend in 2016, she Chinese me caucasian. I thought this is a fitting movie to see for us.
At that time I didn't fully appreciate the pacing and story and the connection in this movie.
I have watched it like 6 times more since, every time I watch it I fall more in love with this film.
This movie hit's every aspect of an almost missed opportunity of connection and love, with so many opportunities to go their separate ways or reasons for them to pull away and never meet again.

The quote in the trailer nails it... "You took a chance and went for it, you're never gonna have to look back and wonder what if"
When you see the ending, you will catch the foreshadowing.
The writer of the script was deep and I don't think most people will catch it.
The ending was amazing, add that foreshadowing, and it is beyond epic.

They are constantly on the verg of missing out on the connection threw out the movie.
It was masterly done. The connections and build up to their bonding and escalate into a missed lost opportunity to a random re encounter/re connection, to a ending that will always make you wonder.

The story was perfect, the acting was perfect, the scenes, and camera work, directing.
This movie makes China look so beautiful also. and They are in a real life relationship and their chemistry was prefect.

From the other reviewer "Some of the cinematography was beautiful" it really was, they did masterful job at making Honk Kong look so good.

Highly Highly recommended.… Expand

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TheSantSantSant

Sep 9, 2016

Some of the cinematography was beautiful, but this was ruined by a couple with zero chemistry.

A sad attempt to portray white men in a racist way, (asian woman gets lost in hong kong so white man has to show her around?). (white man lives in Hong Kong for 10 years but hardly speaksSome of the cinematography was beautiful, but this was ruined by a couple with zero chemistry.

A sad attempt to portray white men in a racist way, (asian woman gets lost in hong kong so white man has to show her around?). (white man lives in Hong Kong for 10 years but hardly speaks cantonese?)

Too bad anytime they had the chance to meet a remarkable asian character, they ignored them (their relationship seems to be more important than anything to actually do with hong kong).

Cinematography was still beautiful but, just remove the couple and this would be 5 stars.… Expand

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